41 Order for possession of dwelling-house
Immigration Act 2016 (2016 c 19) | Legislation

41  Order for possession of dwelling-house

(1)     The Housing Act 1988 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (5).

(2)     In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (assured tenancies: grounds on which court must order possession) after Ground 7A insert—

“Ground 7B

Both of the following conditions are met in relation to a dwelling-house in England.

Condition 1 is that the Secretary of State has given a notice in writing to the landlord or, in the case of joint landlords, one or more of them which identifies—

(a)     the tenant or, in the case of joint tenants, one or more of them, or

(b)     one or more other persons aged 18 or over who are occupying the dwelling-house,

as a person or persons disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying the dwelling-house under the tenancy.

Condition 2 is that the person or persons named in the notice—

(a)     fall within paragraph (a) or (b) of condition 1, and

(b)     are disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying the dwelling-house under the tenancy.

For the purposes of this ground a person (“P”) is disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying

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