53. In section 169 (power to obtain information, etc.)—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words “a landlord” substitute the words “a freeholder, intermediate landlord or landlord”;
(b)in subsection (2), for the words “the landlord”—
(i)where those words first occur substitute the words “the freeholder, intermediate landlord or landlord”, and
(ii)where those words occur for the second time substitute the words “that authority or body”; and
(c)for subsection (3)(1) substitute—
“(3) In this section—
(a)references to a freeholder include references to a freeholder by which a conveyance was executed in pursuance of this Part, and
(b)references to an intermediate landlord or landlord include references to such an authority or body in whose name a freeholder has, in pursuance of this Part, executed such a conveyance.”.
Subsection (3) was partly repealed by Schedule 22 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.