(1) Without prejudice
to any other lawful mode of termination available or to any express agreement
by the parties to a periodic tenancy or tenancy of uncertain duration as to
its termination, a periodic tenancy or a tenancy of uncertain duration may be
terminated by one month’s written notice by either party thereto to the
other expiring at any time whether at the end of a rent period or not.
(2) Notwithstanding
anything in this section any mode of termination of a periodic tenancy or a
tenancy of uncertain duration that was lawful before the date of the coming
into operation of this Act whether by shorter notice than that provided for by
subsection (1) or otherwise is as effectual as if this Act had not come into
operation.