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Simon Tebbutt from Bournecoast The Police say that last year 2.3 million occurrences in England and Wales were reported - the equivalent to around 6,300 incidents every day – and that’s just the incidents that were reported to them as many were either not reported at all, or were reported to other agencies such as local councils or social landlords. “Clause 89 of the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill 2013-14 will introduce a new obligatory ground for possession by private landlords, where a court will have to grant an order for conviction if any one of five conditions are breached.“ says Simon Tebbutt from Bournecoast. The five grounds are: 1. The tenant, a member of the tenant’s household or a person visiting the property has been convicted of a serious offence. 2. The tenant, a member of the tenant’s household or a person visiting the property has been found by a court to have breached an injunction to prevent nuisance and annoyance obtained under Clause 1 of the Bill. 3. The tenant, a member of the tenant’s household or a person visiting the property has been convicted for breach of a criminal behaviour order. 4. The tenant’s property has been closed under a closure order obtained under Clause 73 of the Bill and the total period of closure was more than 48 hours. 5. The tenant, a member of the tenant’s household or a person visiting the property has been convicted of a breach of a notice or order to abate noise in relation to the tenants’ property under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Additionally, Clauses 90 and 91 will give new provisions to enable a landlord to seek possession where a tenant (or a person living in or visiting the tenant’s home) is guilty of conduct likely to cause nuisance or annoyance to the landlord, or someone employed in connection with the landlord’s housing management functions, where the conduct relates to or affects those housing management functions; in other words, even if an offence has been carried out away from the rental property, there would be absolute grounds for eviction. Also a landlord will be able to evict a tenant who has been convicted at the scene of a riot anywhere in the UK. Landlords who knowingly sell on a property with an anti-social tenant in residence will also have a legal duty to disclose the situation to the new owner. Currently, the only realistic option available is to serve a Section 21 notice and simply wait. This new legislation had its second reading in June and is now being fine tuned. Bournecoast are the area’s Buy to Let specialists, so for more advice and guidance regarding your investment property, contact their friendly team on 01202 437888 or visit www.bournecoast.co.uk. - ENDS - Words – 487 Further Information: In 2010 Bournecoast celebrated it’s 50th anniversary and has been family run since it’s inception when it was established by Major & June Webb in 1960. Keith Simmons MBE, the previous managing director and Major Webb’s son-in-law, was then joined by his son and daughters, Des Simmons, Veronica Strongman and Anita Smith, who now run the company with a team of eighteen staff. Bournecoast Property Agents have extended their skill base within the ever changing property market and deal with providing self catering holiday accommodation, high quality short term lets (for example to tenants), long term lets and are also an estate agency for people wishing to buy or sell their property locally. Over the past 50 years Bournecoast has invested in a skilled workforce, ensuring each member of the team enjoys dealing with people and property whilst ensuring their knowledge of the whole property market is second to none, providing advantage over most local agents. Issued by: Alexandra Eaton Marketing Manager Bournecoast alex@bournecoast.co.uk 01202 437888 End
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