# The Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997, Paragraph 20


In section 156 (liability to repay is a charge on the premises)—
(a) for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) Subject to subsections (2A) and (2B), the charge has priority immediately after any legal charge securing an amount advanced to the tenant by an approved lending institution for the purpose of enabling him to exercise the right to acquire.”,
(b) in subsection (2A)(a) omit the words “paragraph (a) or (b) of”, and
(c) in subsection (4A) omit paragraph (a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/619/schedule/1/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-acquire-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-20
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