Regulation 2

The form set out in Schedule 2 to the Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1986^f1 is amended as follows–

(a)

in Part A–

(i)

after “admitted” in the second place where that word occurs insert “(but if Part C below is completed you will not have the right to buy the property if the landlord’s application referred to there is successful)”; and

(ii)

in the note to tenant before “required” insert “(unless Part C below is completed)”;

(b)

in the note to tenant at the end of Part B, omit “by the Housing and Planning Act 1986”; and

(c)

after Part B insert–

“Part C: Elderly persons dwellings—notice of landlord’s application to Secretary of State

The landlord made an application to the Secretary of State on … [date] to have your property excluded from the right to buy on the ground that it–

(a)

was first let before 1st January 1990;

(b)

is particularly suitable, having regard to its location, size, design, heating system and other features, for occupation by persons of pensionable age; and

(c)

was let to you (or someone to whom you are a successor tenant) for occupation by a person of pensionable age.

You will receive a letter from the Secretary of State asking you to comment on the landlord’s application. If, after considering any comments from you or the landlord, the Secretary of State refuses the landlord’s application, you may go ahead with your purchase (unless the landlord has correctly denied your right to buy for some other reason stated in Part B above). If the Secretary of State agrees to the landlord’s application, you will not have the right to buy the property.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1986/2194, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.