Paragraph 7

In section 125 (landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters) —

(a)

for subsection (1) substitute —

“(1)

Where a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy and that right has been established (whether by the freeholder’s admission or otherwise), the freeholder shall within twelve weeks serve on the tenant a notice complying with this section.”;

(b)

in subsection (2) —

(i)

for the reference to the landlord substitute a reference to the freeholder, and

(ii)

omit the words “or, as the case may be, the lease granted to him”;

(c)

in subsection (3) —

(i)

for the reference to the landlord substitute a reference to the freeholder, and

(ii)

omit the words “or grant”;

(d)

in subsection (4)^f1 —

(i)

for the words “the landlord” substitute the words “the freeholder, an intermediate landlord or the landlord”,

(ii)

omit the words “, or (b) improvement contributions,”, and

(iii)

omit the words “or 125B (improvement contributions)”;

(e)

in subsection (4A)^f2 —

(i)

for the reference to the landlord substitute a reference to the freeholder, and

(ii)

omit the words “or lease”; and

(f)

in subsection (5) —

(i)

at the end of paragraph (b) add the word “and”,

(ii)

in paragraph (c), for the words “landlord’s notices” substitute the words “freeholder’s notices”, and

(iii)

omit the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and omit paragraph (d).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 125(4) was substituted by section 4(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63).
f2: Section 125(4A) was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986.