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Paragraph 122 Tenant’s notice claiming to exercise right to acquire

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(1)

A tenant claims to exercise the right to acquire by written notice to that effect served on the landlord.

(2)

In this Part “the relevant time”, in relation to an exercise of the right to acquire, means the date on which that notice is served.

(3)

The notice may be withdrawn at any time by notice in writing served on the landlord.

(4)

The tenant shall not make an application to acquire the dwelling-house under section 16 of the 1996 c. 52.Housing Act 1996 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling) at any time when the tenant has made an application to buy under this Part, as it applies in relation to the right to buy and the perserved right to buy, which has not been withdrawn by the tenant or denied by the landlord, but nothing in this subsection shall prevent the tenant withdrawing such an application and submitting an application under section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling).