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  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/28",
  "legislation_title": "Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), this paragraph applies to any unit falling within sub-paragraph (1A) which is not immediately before the appropriate time a flat let to a person who is a qualifying tenant of it.\n(1A) A unit falls within this sub-paragraph if—\n(a) the freehold of the whole of it is owned by the same person, and\n(b) it is contained in the specified premises.\n(2) Where this paragraph applies, the nominee purchaser shall, if the freeholder by notice requires him to do so, grant to the freeholder a lease of the unit in accordance with section 36 and paragraph 7 below.\n(3) This paragraph does not apply to a flat or other unit to which paragraph 2 or 3 applies.",
  "extent": "E+W",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 5(1) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 107, Sch. 10 para. 20(5); S.I. 1996/2212, art. 2(2) (with savings in Sch.)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 5(1A) inserted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 107, Sch. 10 para. 20(5); S.I. 1996/2212, art. 2(2) (with savings in Sch.)"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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