The Government has published updates to Section 8 and 13 forms for use in England \u2013 which are due to come into force from April 6th.<\/p>\n
As both documents are prescribed forms, landlords of properties in England must start using them from April 6th onwards. If a judge or a tribunal spots out-of-date documents being used then possession hearings or rent increases could be thrown out.<\/p>\n
The section 8 notice, or Form 3, is a prescribed notice used to gain possession from a tenant on the basis of grounds such as rent arrears or anti-social behaviour. The new update amends the form to mention the prescribed section 21 notice created by the government last October and adjust the notes on grounds for possession.<\/p>\n
Form 4, or the Section 13 notice, is for use when a landlord wishes to increase the rent on a periodic tenancy without giving a new tenancy agreement.\u00a0 Some small amendments were made to this document to fix some formatting errors and cross referencing issues in the explanatory notes.<\/p>\n
Changes have also been made to Form 5 \u2013 for use with agricultural tenancies.<\/p>\n
The RLA will be publishing the new\u00a0section 8<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0section 13<\/a>\u00a0on April 5th for use the next day.<\/p>\n