Section 80 The landlord condition.C1C2C3

The landlord condition is that the interest of the landlord belongs to one of the following authorities or bodies—

• a local authority,

• a F1development corporation,

• F2a housing action trust

• F3 a Mayoral development corporation,

• an urban development corporation, F4in the case of a tenancy falling within subsections (2A) to (2E), the Homes and Communities Agency F5, the Greater London Authority or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be),

• F6. . .

• F7. . .

• . . .

• F8. . . housing co-operative to which this section applies.

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A tenancy falls within this subsection if the interest of the landlord is transferred to—

A tenancy falls within this subsection if it is entered into pursuant to a contract under which the rights and liabilities of the prospective landlord are transferred to the Homes and Communities Agency F12, the Greater London Authority or the Welsh Ministers as mentioned in subsection (2A)(a)F13, (aa) or (b) (as the case may be).

A tenancy falls within this subsection if it is granted by the Homes and Communities Agency F14, the Greater London Authority or the Welsh Ministers to a person (alone or jointly with others) who, immediately before it was entered into, was a secure tenant of the Homes and Communities Agency , the Greater London Authority or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be).

A tenancy falls within this subsection if—

A tenancy falls within this subsection if it is granted by the Homes and Communities Agency F16, the Greater London Authority or the Welsh Ministers pursuant to an obligation under section 554(2A).

If a co-operative housing association ceases to be F17a private registered provider of social housing or F18a registered social landlord, it shall, within the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which it ceases to be F19such a body, notify each of its tenants who thereby becomes a secure tenant, in writing, that he has become a secure tenant.

This section applies to a housing co-operative within the meaning of section 27B (agreements under certain superseded provisions) where the dwelling-house is comprised in a housing co-operative agreement within the meaning of that section.

In this Act and in any provision made under this Act, or made by or under any other enactment, a reference to—

includes a reference to the Homes and Communities Agency F22, to the Greater London Authority or to the Welsh Ministers so far as acting in their capacity as landlord (or, in the case of disposals, former landlord) in respect of a tenancy which falls within subsections (2A) to (2E) above but, subject to this, does not include the Homes and Communities Agency F23, the Greater London Authority or the Welsh Ministers.

Subsection (5)—