Housing
Assured Tenancy Forms

Assured Tenancy Forms

Published 7 November 2007
Type(s) Manuals leaflets and booklets
Site Housing
Product code 07HC04777
Price Free

Summary

The Housing Acts of 1988 and 1996 set out the rules that apply to assured and assured shorthold tenancies. These are the type of residential tenancy agreements used by most private landlords and housing associations. There are a number of matters on which landlords or tenants must follow certain rules laid down in the regulations. In some cases it may be necessary for them to complete  a form  that proposes an action that may affect the other party to the tenancy agreement. The nine forms are listed below and can be downloaded.

These forms are known as Prescribed Forms because the wording in them has been carefully drafted to ensure that the person completing the form and the person on whom it is served may understand what is being proposed and what they may do in response. Failure to serve the correct form may invalidate the action that is being proposed.  

You may not alter the wording in these forms unless a form says you may do so. If you alter the wording, the form may be invalidated. You must also comply with any notice periods set out in the form.

These and other landlord and tenant forms may also be available to purchase from legal stationery companies. Legal stationers also supply tenancy agreements that have been carefully drafted to comply with the law. It is strongly recommended that landlords only use tenancy agreements that have been drafted to comply with relevant legal requirements.

If you are unsure about completing one of these forms or what to do if you have been served with one, you should seek legal advice. General information about assured and assured shorthold tenancies can be found on the Private renting: tenants' rights and responsibilities (booklets and forms) and Letting your property: landlords' rights and responsibilities (booklets and forms) pages.

  • Form No.1: Notice proposing different terms for a Statutory Periodic Tenancy (Product code: 07 HC 04777/1) 
    This form can be used by either a landord or a tenant to propose changes to the terms of a statutory periodic tenancy.
  • Form No.2: Application referring a Notice proposing different terms for a Statutory Periodic Tenancy to a Rent Assessment Committee (Product code: 07 HC 04777/2)
    This form should be used by a landlord or a tenant who has been served with Form 1 - notice under Section 6(2) of the Housing Act 1988, varying the terms of a statutory periodic tenancy.
  • Form No.3: Notice seeking possession of a property let on an Assured Tenancy or an Assured Agricultural Occupancy (Product code: 07 HC 04777/3)
    This form should be used by landlords where possession of accommodation, let under an assured tenancy, an assured agricultural occupancy or an assured shorthold tenancy is sought on one of the grounds in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988.
  • Form No.4B: Landlords'notice proposing a new rent under an Assured Periodic Tenancy of premises situated in England (Product code: 07 HC 04777/4B)
    This form should be used by landlords when proposing a new rent under an assured periodic tenancy (including an assured shorthold periodic tenancy) of premises situated in England.
  • Form No.4C: Landlords' or Licensors' Notice proposing a new rent or licence fee under an Assured Agricultural Occupancy of premises (Product code: 07 HC 04777/4C)
    This form should be used by landlords when proposing a new rent or licence fee for an assured agricultural occupancy of premises situated in England.
  • Form No.5: Application referring a Notice proposing a new rent under an Assured Periodic Tenancy or Agricultural Occupancy to a Rent Assessment Committee (Product code: 07 HC 04777/5)
    This form should be used by tenants when your landlord has served notice on you proposing a new rent under an assured periodic tenancy including an assured shorthold periodic tenancy or to refer a notice proposing a new rent or licence fee for an assured periodic agricultural occupancy.
  • Form No.6: Application to a Rent Assessment Committee for a determination of a rent under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (Product code: 07 HC 04777/6)
    This form should be used by a tenant with an assured shorthold tenancy which began (or for which a contract had been made) before 28 February 1997, to apply to the local rent assessment committee, during the fixed term of the original tenancy, to have the rent reduced.
  • Form No.8: Tenants' notice proposing that an Assured Tenancy be replaced by an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (Product code: 07 HC 04777/8)
    This form should only be used by an assured tenant.  You should only use this notice to notify your landlord that you wish your assured tenancy to be replaced by an assured shorthold tenancy.  You should seek legal advice before completing this form.
  • Form No.9: Landlords' notice proposing an Assured Shorthold Tenancy where the tenancy meets the conditions for an Assured Agricultural Occupancy (Product code: 07 HC 04777/9)
    If the agricultural worker condition in Schedule 3 to the Housing Act 1988 is met with respect to the property to which the proposed assured tenancy relates, and the landlord wishes that tenancy to be an assured shorthold tenancy, he must serve this notice on the tenant before the tenancy is entered into.

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