Part 3: Recovering Abandoned Premises in England Section 59: Warning notices
This section describes the warning notices that a landlord must give to the tenant and any named occupier and deposit payer, where the landlord believes the premises have been abandoned. The section provides that the landlord must give three warning notices, at different times, before bringing the tenancy to an end.
	The first two warning notices must be addressed to the tenant and any other person named on the tenancy agreement as well as the deposit payer and served in accordance with section 61 (2) or (3). Each of those warning notices must explain that the landlord believes that the premises have been abandoned and that the tenant or named occupier must respond in writing before a specified date if the premises have not been abandoned. The notices must also set out that the landlord proposes to bring the tenancy to an end if neither the tenant nor a named occupier or deposit payer responds in writing before that date. The proposed tenancy end date specified in the notices must be at least eight weeks after the date on which the first warning notice is given to the tenant.
	The first warning notice may be given even if the unpaid rent condition has not been met, but the second warning notice may only be given after the unpaid rent condition has been met. There must also be at least two weeks but not more than four weeks between the first and second warning notices being given.
	The third warning notice must be affixed to a conspicuous part of the premises, for example the front door. It must be given at least 5 days before the end of the warning period given to the tenant or named occupier in which to respond. The Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing the form of the third warning notice.