Legislation – Renters’ Rights Act 2025
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Part 1Tenancy reform
Chapter 1Assured tenancies
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21Notices to quit by tenants under assured tenancies: other
“5ANotices to quit by tenants under assured tenancies
(1)
Any provision that would bind a tenant as to the means of giving a notice in writing to quit premises let under an assured tenancy is of no effect.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1) the “means of giving a notice in writing” is the mode by which the words of the notice are represented or reproduced in a visible form.
(3)
A notice by a tenant to quit premises let under an assured tenancy may be withdrawn before the date on which it takes effect by the tenant and landlord agreeing in writing to the withdrawal.
(4)
In the case of a joint assured tenancy, an agreement under subsection (3) is not valid unless it is made between the landlord and all of the tenants.
(5)
That does not affect the validity of any notice to quit premises let under a joint assured tenancy that is given by only one or some of the tenants.
(6)
In this section “joint assured tenancy” means an assured tenancy where two or more persons are tenants under the tenancy.”