The form
Form 3A is the prescribed form for a Section 8 notice on an assured tenancy in the private sector. Form 3 is the social housing version, and serving the wrong one is the kind of error that ends a claim before it is heard.
The grounds
The drafter carries fourteen grounds, the set Form 3A opens to a private landlord: 1, 1A, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 17. Each one is reproduced with its full statutory wording, diffed against MHCLG’s published legal wording for possession grounds rather than paraphrased.
That matters because the particulars you give have to match the ground you are citing. A summary in your own words is where notices get challenged.
Dates
The notice period is set by the grounds you choose, and mixing grounds changes it. The drafter works out the earliest date proceedings may begin and prints it, so the date on the notice and the date you can actually issue are the same date.
What we do not claim
We produce the notice on the current prescribed form, with the wording and the dates computed. Whether a court accepts a notice in a given case is the court’s decision, and no software can promise it. Serve it properly and keep the proof.