Final demolition notices
3(1)Paragraph 15 (extension or revocation etc. of final demolition notices) is amended as follows.
(2)After sub-paragraph (7) (revocation notices) insert—
“(7A)Sub-paragraphs (4) to (7) do not apply if the landlord is selling or otherwise transferring his interest as landlord to another person or is offering it for sale or for other transfer.”
(3)In sub-paragraph (8) (restrictions on service of further notices)—
(a)after “final demolition notice”, where it first appears, insert “(“the earlier notice”)”,
(b)after “final demolition notice”, where it appears for a second time, insert “(and no initial demolition notice)”,
(c)after “in respect of it” insert “, by the landlord who served the earlier notice or any landlord who served a continuation notice in respect of the earlier notice,”,
(d)after “when the” insert “earlier”, and
(e)in paragraph (a) for “it” substitute “the further final demolition notice (or, as the case may be, the initial demolition notice)”.
(4)After sub-paragraph (9) insert—
“(10)In sub-paragraph (8) “initial demolition notice” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5A (initial demolition notices).”