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Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

Section 300 – Right to acquire freehold: abolition of low rent test

864.Section 300 amends section 1 and repeals sections 1A(2), 1AA and 4A of the Leasehold Reform 1967 (“the 1967 Act”). These amendments have the effect of removing the low rent test contained in Part 1 of the 1967 Act as a means of determining eligibility for enfranchisement in relation to shared ownership houses.

865.The low rent test will remain for some purposes, for example, in determining the basis for valuing the freehold and when the claim is for a lease extension.

866.The test will continue to apply in respect of existing leases.

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