# Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, Paragraph 8: Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

In paragraph 5 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (security of tenure for long residential leases)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (4), for the words from “unless” to the end substitute
“unless—
(a) the landlord is a relevant authority, and
(b) the premises are required for relevant development.”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“(4A) For those purposes—
(a) “relevant authority” means a person referred to in any paragraph of section 38(2) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;
(b) “relevant development”—
(i) in relation to a relevant authority other than a health authority, means development for the purposes (other than investment purposes) of that body;
(ii) in relation to a relevant authority that is a health authority, means development for the purposes of the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
(iii) in relation to a relevant authority that is a university body, also includes development for the purposes of any related university body;
(iv) in relation to a relevant authority that is a local authority, also includes area development;
(c) “health authority” means—
(i) NHS England;
(ii) any integrated care board;
(iii) any Local Health Board;
(iv) any Special Health Authority;
(v) any National Health Service trust;
(vi) any NHS foundation trust;
(vii) any clinical commissioning group;
(viii) any Strategic Health Authority;
(ix) any Primary Care Trust;
(d) “university body” and “related university body” have the same meaning as in section 29(6ZA) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;
(e) “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 29(5) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;
(f) “area development” means any development to be undertaken, whether or not by a local authority, in order to secure—
(i) the development or redevelopment of an area defined by a development plan under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as an area of comprehensive development;
(ii) the treatment as a whole, by development, redevelopment or improvement, or partly by one and partly by another method, of any area in which the premises are situated.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/22/schedule/9/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-and-freehold-reform-act-2024/schedule-9/paragraph-8
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