Part 3: Recovering Abandoned Premises in England Section 57: Recovering abandoned premises
This Part of the Act sets out a procedure that a landlord may follow to recover possession of a property where it has been abandoned, without the need for a court order. Section 57 sets out that a private landlord may give a tenant notice which brings the tenancy to an end on that day, if the tenancy relates to premises in England and certain conditions are met. These conditions are that a certain amount of rent is unpaid (i.e. the ‘unpaid rent condition’ set out in section 58 has been met), that the landlord has given a series of warning notices as required by section 59 and that neither the tenant or a named occupier or deposit payer has responded in writing to those warning notices before the date specified in the notices.