... position is unsatisfactory and has recommended that these are all changed to only two types effectively a type 1 and type 2.1 Firstly there are protected regulated tenancies. For the most part these are rare as any tenancy created after 15th January 19892 cannot be such a tenancy as a result of the Housing Act 1988. Certainly this means the tenancy that arises in the instant situation cannot fall within this category. Since 15th January 1989 there are two types of tenancies that can exist where the Landlord is not resident in the premises these are assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies. On the passing of the Act the law treated all tenancies as assured3 unless they were specified to be Assured Shorthold Tenancies4 (hereinafter referred to as "ASTs"). However as a result of the provisions of the Housing Act 1996, Section 19A of Housing Act 1988 was inserted5 the position was ...

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