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Section48Notice‐LandlordandTenantAct1987

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NotificationofLandlord’sAddressforServiceofNotices

To:Tenant’sName:……………………………………………………………………………………………..................................

Tenant’sAddress:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Postcode:………………………………

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From:Landlord’sName:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Landlord’sAddress:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Postcode:……………………………..

InaccordancewithSection48oftheLandlord

andTenantAct1987,belowisthenameandaddress

inEnglandandWalesatwhichnotices(includingNoticesofProceedings)maybeservedonthe

LandlordbytheTenant:

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Landlord’sName:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Landlord’sAddress:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………Postcode:……………………………..

Signed:……………………………………………………………………………………………….Date:…………………………………….

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Landlord’sAgent’sName:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Landlord’sAgent’sAddress:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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……………………………………………………………………………………………………………Postcode:……………………………..

Signed:……………………………………………………………………………………………….Date:…………………………………….

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Notes:

1.Landlordsofallrentalpremises(exceptingnon‐domesticpremisesletunderPartIIoftheLandlord

andTenantAct1954)mustsupplythetenantwithanaddressinEnglandandWalesatwhichnotices

(includingnoticesinproceedings)maybeserved

onthelandlordbythetenant.

2.Unders48(LTA1987)Landlordsmustnotifytenantsofanaddressforserviceeitherintheir

tenancyagreementorbynotice,failingwhichthelandlord isunabletoenforcepaymentofrentor

servicechargearrears.

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Section48Notice‐LandlordandTenantAct1987

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GuidancenotesforLandlordsandAgents:

Serviceofnoticesonthelandlord‐Section48oftheLandlordandTenantAct1987

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/31/section/48

(1)AlandlordofpremisestowhichthisPartapplies[allresidentiallettings]shallbynoticefurnish

thetenantwithanaddressinEnglandandWalesatwhichnotices(includingnoticesinproceedings)

maybeservedonhimbythetenant.

(2)Wherealandlordofanysuchpremisesfailsto

complywithsubsection(1),anyrentorservice

chargeotherwiseduefromthetenanttothelandlordshall(subjecttosubsection3below)be

treatedforallpurposesasnotbeingduefromthetenanttothelandlordatanytimebeforethe

landlorddoescomplywiththatsubsection.

(3)

Anysuchrentorservicechargeshallnotbesotreatedinrelationtoanytimewhen,byvirtueof

anorderofanycourt,thereisin forceanappointmentofareceiverormanagerwhosefunctions

includethereceivingofrentor(asthecasemaybe)servicecharges

fromthetenant.

Allthismeansthatifyourtenanthasnotbeengivenapostaladdress(NOTaPObox)inEnglandand

Walesatwhichnoticesfromthetenanttothelandlordcanbeserved,thelandlordcannotenforce

paymentofrent,rentarrearsorservicechargesthrough

thecourts.

Thissituationcanberemediedsimplybyservingthes48noticebeforeanycourtactiontorecover

rentorservicecharges;otherwisethetenantwillhaveavaliddefence.

Theaddressdoesnothavetobethelandlord’shomeaddress.Itcanbeabusinessaddress,the

landlord’s

solicitor’saddressorthelettingagent’saddress.Itcouldalsobetheaddressofafriendor

relative,ifforexamplethelandlordlivesabroad. 

Itisusualforthesection48noticetobecompliedwithinthetenancyagreementitself.Caselaw

nowexistswhichallowsanaddressin

England&Walesgivenforthelandlord(oragent)in the

tenancyagreement,andthisdoesnotneedtosayspecificallythatitisasection48notice.

It’simportantthereforetomakesureyourtenancyagreementsincludeanaddre s s forserviceof

notices,meaningthatthes48wouldonly

beneedediftheaddressforservicechangesatalaterdate

orthepropertyissoldandtakenoverbyanotherlandlord.

Inadditiontomeetingtherequirem entsofs48,tenancyagreementsshouldset‐outarrangements

forservingnoticesonthetenant–thiswillspecifywhenanoticeis

deemedtohavebeenserved.

Thebestmethodofserviceispersonalserviceonthetenant,orfailingthatdeliveringitthroughthe

letterboxoftherentalproperty(haveawitness)ordeliverybyfirstclasspost(getproofofpostage

fromapostoffice).

Itisnota

goodideatosendlettersbyrecordedorspecialdeliveryasthetenantmaybeoutor

refusetosign,inwhichcasethenoticewillnotgetdeliveredandmaybereturnedtosender.

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