# Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, Paragraph 21: Collective enfranchisement: mandatory leaseback

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

In Schedule 9 (grant of leases back to the former freeholder), after paragraph 3 insert—
“Flats etc let under shared ownership leases
3A (1) This paragraph applies where immediately before the appropriate time—
(a) any flat falling within sub-paragraph (2) is let under an excluded shared ownership lease (and accordingly the tenant is not a qualifying tenant of the flat), and
(b) the landlord under the lease is the freeholder.
(2) A flat falls within this sub-paragraph if—
(a) the freehold of the whole of it is owned by the same person, and
(b) it is contained in the specified premises.
(3) Where this paragraph applies, the nominee purchaser shall grant to the freeholder (that is to say, the landlord under the shared ownership lease) a lease of the flat in accordance with section 36 and paragraph 4 below.
(4) In this paragraph any reference to a flat includes a reference to a unit (other than a flat) which is used as a dwelling.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/22/schedule/8/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-and-freehold-reform-act-2024/schedule-8/paragraph-21
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