# The Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997, Paragraph 2


A period qualifies under this paragraph if it is a period during which, before the relevant time—
(a) the tenant, or
(b) his spouse (if they are living together at the relevant time), or
(c) a deceased spouse of his (if they were living together at the time of the death),
was a public sector tenant or was the spouse of a public sector tenant and occupied as his only or principal home the dwelling-house of which the spouse was such a tenant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/619/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-acquire-regulations-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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