{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-and-leasehold-reform-act-2002/section-130",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-and-leasehold-reform-act-2002/section-130.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/15",
  "legislation_title": "Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-and-leasehold-reform-act-2002",
  "path": "section/130",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "130",
  "heading": "Replacement of residence test",
  "text": "(1) Section 39 of the 1993 Act (the right) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)(a) (requirement that tenant is qualifying tenant of flat on the relevant date), for “is” substitute “ has for the last two years been ”.\n(3) Omit subsections (2)(b), (2A) and (2B) (requirement that tenant has occupied flat as only or principal home for three years).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 130 wholly in force at 1.1.2003; s. 130 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 181(1); s. 130 in force at 26.7.2002 for E. by S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2); s. 130 in force at 1.1.2003 for W. by S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/15/section/130",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:35.598757+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}