Housing Act 1974

101 Right of person served with improvement notice to serve purchase notice

(1) Where a local authority have served an improvement notice under this Part of this Act on the person having control of a dwelling, that person may, by notice in writing served on the local authority at any time within the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the improvement notice becomes operative, require the local authority to purchase his interest in the dwelling in accordance with this section.

(2) Where the person having control of a dwelling serves a notice on a local authority under subsection (1) above—

(a) the authority shall be deemed to be authorised under and for the purposes of Part V of the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957 to acquire that person's interest in the dwelling compulsorily and to have served a notice to treat in respect of that interest on the date of the service of the notice under subsection (1) above; and

(b) the power conferred by section 31 of the [1961 c. 33.] Land Compensation Act 1961 to withdraw a notice to treat shall not be exercisable in the case of the notice to treat which is deemed to have been so served.

(3) Within 21 days of the receipt of a notice under subsection (1) above served by the person having control of a dwelling the local authority shall notify every other person who, to their knowledge, is an owner, lessee or mortgagee of the dwelling or who is the occupier thereof.