Newly released for 6A confirming 3 months notice

My interpretation it is that the 3 months notice only applies if the tenancy started as a periodic tenancy "with no initial fixed term"". Otherwise it's still two months notice. I can't think of any AST's that don't start with a fixed term???

Thanks for the comment above Rb Crawford. I assumed that it applied to all tenancies. My tenants are on AST's. Also silly question . but does this notice just appply to the landlord giving 3 mths notice to the Tenant or also vice versa where the tenant has to give 3 months notice if they wish to leave and effectively have to pay at least 3 months rent until they can leave? Otherwise it feels its weighted in the Tenants favour?

Any idea what this means to my circumstances where Issued a section 21 nearly 2 months ago ?

In Wales they are bringing in - with a start date of 2021 (at the moment) - 6 month contracts followed by 6 month notice periods - so at least 12 months, and obviously a lot more if you get a rogue tenant and have to go through the courts. In Wales this was presented in effect as an alternative to the abolition of Section 21.

Reply to the comment left by Leonardo de Cristofano at 26/03/2020 - 09:32
Leonardo, if the tenancy has become periodic the tenant can give one month's notice. That has not changed so far as I am aware.

Just a note, the link to the possession notice actually takes you to the rent review tribunal form!

Reply to the comment left by Rob Crawford at 26/03/2020 - 08:41
I can't see anything to support that interpretation. The revised form says that in those circumstances a "longer" i.e. more than 3 months notice period may be required. 3 months is the minimum.
The relevant legislation, which in any case overrides anything stated in Form 6A is schedule 29 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 - the section dealing with S21 notices states:
Assured shorthold tenancies
Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 (recovery of possession on expiry or termination of assured shorthold tenancy) is to be read, in relation to notices given under subsection (1) or (4) of that section during the relevant period, as if—
(a) in subsection (1)(b) for “two months’” there were substituted “three months’”,
(b) in subsection (4)(a) for “two months” there were substituted “three months”, and
(c) in subsection (4E)(b) for “two months” there were substituted “three months”.

"This form should be used where a no fault possession of accommodation let under an assured shorthold tenancy is sought under section 21(1) or (4) of the Housing Act 1988."

Interesting that it specifically refers to 'No fault' and no mention of S8

Reply to the comment left by Ray Davison at 26/03/2020 - 12:45The reference to "no fault" has been the subject of much complaint from landlords since it first appeared in Form 6A ages ago. It has no statutory standing but is presumably intended to point out that the landlord does not need to, indeed cannot, specify the reason for claiming possession.
Extension of the Notice period under S8 to 3 months is dealt with in the previous section of the Act under the heading "Assured Tenancies", of which ASTs are a specific variety.

Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 26/03/2020 - 11:27
Many thanks Ian! I actualy recently changed the tenants from a rolling contract back to a 1 yr contract with a break clause which was 2 months notice notice after 4 months . and I guess that is just moved to 3 mths with the amendment to the Housing Act.