16CException to restriction on exercising the right to acquire

1

This section applies in respect of a dwelling (the “exempted dwelling”) if—

a

after the relevant date, the court has ordered a person to give up possession of a dwelling,

b

the order is made—

i

on any of the grounds set out in Parts 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (discretionary grounds for possession of dwelling let under secure tenancy), or

ii

on Ground 9 in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) (possession of dwelling let under assured tenancy on grounds that there is suitable alternative accommodation),

c

the person becomes the tenant of the exempted dwelling, and

d

the exempted dwelling is suitable alternative accommodation for the purposes of the order.

2

The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations made by statutory instrument, amend this section by making provision for further circumstances in which this section applies in respect of a dwelling.

3

Regulations under subsection (2) may not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.