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  • specified provision(s) savings for amendments by 2018 anaw 1, s. 6, Sch. 6 by S.I. 2019/110 reg. 5

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125 Landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters.E+W

(1)Where a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy and that right has been established (whether by the landlord’s admission or otherwise), the landlord shall—

(a)within eight weeks where the right is that mentioned in section 118(1)(a) (right to acquire freehold), and

(b)within twelve weeks where the right is that mentioned in section 118(1)(b) (right to acquire leasehold interest).

serve on the tenant a notice complying with this section.

(2)The notice shall describe the dwelling-house, shall state the price at which, in the opinion of the landlord, the tenant is entitled to have the freehold conveyed or, as the case may be, the lease granted to him and shall, for the purpose of showing how the price has been arrived at, state—

(a)the value at the relevant time,

(b)the improvements disregarded in pursuance of section 127 (improvements to be disregarded in determining value), and

(c)the discount to which the tenant is entitled, stating the period to be taken into account under section 129 (discount) and, where applicable, the amount mentioned in section 130(1) (reduction for previous discount) or section 131(1) or (2) (limits on amount of discount).

(3)The notice shall state the provisions which, in the opinion of the landlord, should be contained in the conveyance or grant.

[F1(4)Where the notice states provisions which would enable the landlord to recover from the tenant—

(a)service charges, or

(b)improvement contributions,

the notice shall also contain the estimates and other information required by section 125A (service charges) or 125B (improvement contributions).]

[F2(4A)The notice shall contain a description of any structural defect known to the landlord affecting the dwelling-house or the building in which it is situated or any other building over which the tenant will have rights under the conveyance or lease.]

[F3(5)The notice shall also inform the tenant of—

(a)the effect of sections 125D and 125E(1) and (4) (tenant’s notice of intention, landlord’s notice in default and effect of failure to comply),

(b)his right under section 128 to have the value of the dwelling-house at the relevant time determined or re-determined by the district valuer,

(c)the effect of section 136(2) (change of tenant after service of notice under section 125),

(d)the effect of sections 140 and 141(1), (2) and (4) (landlord’s notices to complete and effect of failure to comply),

(e)the effect of the provisions of this Part relating to the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms, and

(f)the relevant amount and multipliers for the time being declared by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 143B.]

Textual Amendments

F3S. 125(5) substituted (11.10.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 104; S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 4(b) (with saving in Sch. 1 para. 4(1)).

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