149Exempted disposals
(1)The regulator’s consent is not required under section 148 for the following exceptions.
(2)Exception 1 is a letting under—
(a)an assured tenancy, or
(b)an assured agricultural occupancy.
(3)Exception 2 is a letting under what would be an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy but for any of paragraphs 4 to 8, 12(1)(h) and 12ZA to 12B of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) (tenancies which cannot be assured tenancies).
(4)Exception 3 is a letting under a secure tenancy.
(5)Exception 4 is a letting under what would be a secure tenancy but for any of paragraphs 2 to 12 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (tenancies which are not secure tenancies).
(6)Exception 5 is a disposal for which consent is required under—
(a)section 81 or 133 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), or
(b)section 173 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).
(7)Exception 6 is a disposal under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (right to buy).
(8)Exception 7 is a disposal under the right conferred by—
(a)section 180, or
(b)section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) (tenant’s right to acquire social housing in Wales).