{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-92",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-92.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/52",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996",
  "path": "section/92",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "92",
  "heading": "Procedure for exercise of rights of first refusal.",
  "text": "(1) Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (tenants’ rights of first refusal) is amended in accordance with Schedule 6.\n(2) The amendments restate the principal provisions of that Part so as to—\n(a) simplify the procedures for the exercise of the rights conferred on tenants, and\n(b) apply those procedures in relation to contracts and certain special cases.\n(3) In Schedule 6—\nPart I sets out provisions replacing sections 5 to 10 of the Act (rights of first refusal),\nPart II sets out provisions replacing sections 11 to 15 of the Act (enforcement by tenants of rights against purchaser),\nPart III sets out provisions replacing sections 16 and 17 of the Act (enforcement of rights against subsequent purchasers and termination of rights), and\nPart IV contains consequential amendments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1987 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 92 restricted (22.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/2212, art. 2(2),Sch. para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 92 wholly in force 1.10.1996; s. 92 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 232(1)-(3); s. 92 in force for certain purposes at 23.8.1996 and in force at 1.10.1996 so far as not already in force by S.I. 1996/2212, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/92",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:46.595645+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."
}