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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-159",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-159.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/159",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Relevant disposals.",
  "text": "(1) A disposal, whether of the whole or part of the dwelling-house, is a relevant disposal for the purposes of this Part if it is—\n(a) a further conveyance of the freehold or an assignment of the lease, or\n(b) the grant of a lease (other than a mortgage term) for a term of more than 21 years otherwise than at a rack rent.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) it shall be assumed—\n(a) that any option to renew or extend a lease or sub-lease, whether or not forming part of a series of options, is exercised, and\n(b) that any option to terminate a lease or sub-lease is not exercised.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/159",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}