The Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1993

7.  In section 125 (landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Where a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy and that right has been established (whether by the freeholder’s admission or otherwise), the freeholder shall within twelve weeks serve on the tenant a notice complying with this section.”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) for the reference to the landlord substitute a reference to the freeholder, and

(ii) omit the words “or, as the case may be, the lease granted to him”;

(c) in subsection (3)—

(i) for the reference to the landlord substitute a reference to the freeholder, and

(ii) omit the words “or grant”;

(d) in subsection (4)(1)—

(i) for the words “the landlord” substitute the words “the freeholder, an intermediate landlord or the landlord”,

(ii) omit the words “, or (b) improvement contributions,”, and

(iii) omit the words “or 125B (improvement contributions)”;

(e) in subsection (4A)(2)—

(i) for the reference to the landlord substitute a reference to the freeholder,

(ii) omit the words “or the building in which it is situated”, and

(iii) omit the words “or lease”; and

(f) in subsection (5)(3)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for the words “landlord’s notice” substitute the words “freeholder’s notice”, and

(ii) in paragraph (d), for the words “landlord’s notices” substitute the words “freeholder’s notices”.

(1)

Subsection (4) was substituted by section 4(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63).

(2)

Subsection (4A) was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986.

(3)

Subsection (5) was substituted by section 104 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.