{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-171D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-171D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/171D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "171D",
  "heading": "Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.",
  "text": "(1) The disposal by the landlord of an interest in the qualifying dwelling-house, whether his whole interest or a lesser interest, does not affect the preserved right to buy, unless—\n(a) as a result of the disposal an authority or body within section 80(1) (the landlord condition for secure tenancies) becomes the landlord of the qualifying person or persons, or\n(b) paragraph 6 of Schedule 9A applies (effect of failure to register entry protecting preserved right to buy),\nin which case the right to buy ceases to be preserved.\n(2) The disposal by the landlord of a qualifying dwelling-house of less than his whole interest as landlord of the dwelling-house, or in part of it, requires the consent of the Secretary of State, unless the disposal is to the qualifying person or persons.\n(2ZA) Subsection (2) does not apply to a disposal of land by a private registered provider of social housing or by a registered social landlord.\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Consent may be given in relation to a particular disposal or generally in relation to disposals of a particular description and may, in either case, be given subject to conditions.\n(4) A disposal made without the consent required by subsection (2) is void, except in a case where, by reason of a failure to make the entries on the land register or land charges register required by Schedule 9A, the preserved right to buy does not bind the person to whom the disposal is made.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 171A–171H inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 8(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 171D(2) substituted (26.1.2019) by The Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/110), regs. 1, 3(n)(i) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 171D(2ZA) inserted (6.4.2017) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 4 para. 1(2); S.I. 2017/75, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 171D(2ZA) inserted (15.8.2018) by Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 4), ss. 13(1), 19(2); S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 171D(2A) omitted (26.1.2019) by virtue of The Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018 (Consequential Amendments and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/110), regs. 1, 3(n)(ii) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 171D: transfer of functions (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 190(a), 325(1) (with s. 189); S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 171D: transfer of functions (prosp.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 190(a), 325"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/171D",
    "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."
}