34. For section 178(1) (costs) substitute—
An agreement between the landlord and qualifying person claiming to exercise the right to buy is void in so far as it purports to oblige the qualifying person to bear any part of the costs incurred by the landlord in connection with the qualifying person’s exercise of that right”.
(1)
Section 178 was substituted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 21 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.