Paragraph 13 makes various modifications to possession Ground 4A to ensure it can be used in respect of existing tenancies. For example, it provides that where existing tenancies transition to the new system, landlords can provide "prior notice" of their intention to rely on Ground 4A within one month of the commencement date. This can be done either on the basis that the tenant met the test the provision sets out for student status (the "student test") when the existing tenancy was originally entered into; or that the tenant meets that test at the point at which the landlord provides that "prior notice" via a written statement, or both.
	Paragraph 13 further modifies Ground 4A for existing tenancies which meet the definition of a "qualifying student tenancy". For those tenancies, Ground 4A is further modified so as to remove the two requirements that the dwelling-house must be an HMO (or in an HMO) and that the date specified in the notice served by the landlord under section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 falls between 1 June and 30 September. An existing tenancy will be a "qualifying student tenancy" if the landlord, a person appointed to act on the landlord’s behalf, or a person managing the building, is a member of a specified housing management code of practice approved under section 233 of the Housing Act 2004. The power to specify the relevant code can be exercised in regulations by the Secretary of State.
Schedules Schedule 6: Part 1 - Application of Chapter 1 of Part 1 to existing tenancies: transitional provision Schedule 1: student accommodation ground Effect