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PART 1SUSPENSION OF THE RIGHT TO BUY AND RELATED RIGHTS

CHAPTER 6AMENDMENTS TO THE HOUSING ACT 1985

32Effect of direction to suspend the right to buy

(1)The Housing Act 1985 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 122 (tenant’s notice claiming to exercise right to buy), at the beginning of subsection (1) insert “Unless section 122B applies”.

(3)After section 122A (inserted by section 31 of this Measure) insert the following—

122BSuspension of the right to buy in parts of Wales

(1)This section applies to a secure tenant of a dwelling-house to which a direction having effect under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 applies.

(2)While the direction has effect, the tenant may not claim to exercise the right to buy under section 122.

(3)This section does not affect the computation of any period in accordance with Schedule 4.