Residential Tenancies Act 2004

Protection under this Part and long occupation equity.

55.—(1) For the avoidance of doubt, occupation under a Part 4 tenancy or a further Part 4 tenancy shall be reckoned for the purposes of section 13 (1)(b) of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 .

(2) Neither—

(a) a termination under section 34 on one or more of the grounds specified in paragraphs 2 to 6 of the Table to that section, nor

(b) a termination under section 42 ,

of a Part 4 tenancy or a further Part 4 tenancy shall be regarded as a termination of that tenancy for the purposes of section 17 (1)(a) of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 .