Id like to know the legal status of the arrangements under the PSL and Choice Schemes?
The lease granted to us by you and the sublease we grant to the Council are not business tenancies under Part 2 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954. They are excluded from protection under that Act, because neither we nor the Council can occupy the property. Both leases are expressly excluded from being assured tenancies of any kind by the terms of the Housing Act 1988 (as amended by the Housing Act 1996). The implication is that neither we nor the Council can claim security of tenure under statute after the term of the lease expires if you do not want to grant us a new lease. The respective leases determine the entire obligations between you and Argyle and between Argyle and the Council. There is no direct relationship between you and the Council or the occupiers. The occupiers of the property occupy on a weekly and temporary basis only under Non Secure Tenancy Agreements controlled by statute. They have no security of tenure as a result. This means when the lease expires, you are entit
