{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/schedule-9A/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/schedule-9A/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/9A/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An action for breach of statutory duty lies where—\n(a) the disponor on a qualifying disposal fails to comply with paragraph 1 (duty to secure inclusion of statement in instrument effecting disposal), or\n(b) the landlord on a change of the qualifying dwelling-house fails to comply with paragraph 5(2) or (4) (duty to apply for registration protecting preserved right to buy),\nand a qualifying person is deprived of the preserved right to buy by reason of the non-registration of the matters which would have been registered if that duty had been complied with.\n(2) If the Chief Land Registrar has to meet a claim under the Land Registration Act 2002 as a result of acting upon-\n(a) a certificate given in pursuance of paragraph 2 (certificate of title on first registration),\n(b) a statement made in pursuance of paragraph 7 (statements required on disposal on which right to buy ceases to be preserved), or\n(c) a certificate given in pursuance of paragraph 8 (certificate that dwelling-house has ceased to be subject to rights under this Part),\nthe person who gave the certificate or made the statement shall indemnify him.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9A inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 8(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9A para. 9(2) substituted (13.10.2003) by 2002 c. 9, ss. 133, 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 18(11) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/schedule/9A/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+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."
}