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Paragraph 15 Determination on ending of tenancy subsisting at the time of acquisition or right to buy lease

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(1)

The lease is to be determinable by notice given in accordance with terms complying with paragraph 18 of this Schedule by the applicant or his successors in title or by the public sector landlord on the happening of either of the following events –

(a)

the ending of the tenancy subsisting at the time of acquisition; or

(b)

the relevant secure tenancy ceasing to be a secure tenancy within Part IV of the 1985 Act;

subject to the exceptions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2)

The exceptions mentioned in this sub-paragraph are –

(a)

where the lease is of a flat which was, on the relevant date, occupied by a secure tenant in the circumstances set out in any of paragraphs 5, 7, or 9 to 11 of Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act; or

(b)

where the relevant secure tenancy ceases to be a secure tenancy on the granting of a right to buy lease.

(3)

There a right to buy lease has been granted the lease shall be determinable by notice given in accordance with terms complying with paragraph 18 of this Schedule by the applicant or his successors in title or the public sector landlord on the ending of the right to buy lease.