{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-housing-and-urban-development-act-1993/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-housing-and-urban-development-act-1993/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/28",
  "legislation_title": "Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-housing-and-urban-development-act-1993",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Withdrawal by tenant from acquisition of new lease.",
  "text": "(1) At any time before a new lease is entered into in pursuance of the tenant’s notice, the tenant may withdraw that notice by the giving of a notice to that effect under this section (“a notice of withdrawal”).\n(2) A notice of withdrawal must be given—\n(a) to the landlord for the purposes of this Chapter;\n(b) to every other landlord (as defined by section 40(4)); and\n(c) to any third party to the tenant’s lease.\n(3) Where a notice of withdrawal is given by the tenant to any person in accordance with subsection (2), the tenant’s liability under section 60 for costs incurred by that person shall be a liability for costs incurred by him down to the time when the notice is given to him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/28/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:01.928287+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}