The Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) Order 1996

Article 2(2)

SCHEDULE SAVINGS

Compulsory acquisition of landlord’s interest by qualifying tenants

1.  Section 88 (period after which acquisition order may be made) shall not have effect in a case where, before the commencement date,—

(a) a notice under section 27 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (preliminary notice by tenants) has been served, or

(b) an application to court for an order dispensing with the requirement to serve such a notice has been made.

The right of first refusal

2.—(1) Sections 89 to 93 and the repeals to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 in Part III of Schedule 19 (the right of first refusal) shall not have effect in a case where, before the commencement date,—

(a) a disposal has been made, or

(b) a notice under section 5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (landlord’s offer notice) has been served.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “disposal” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 as it will be amended by section 89.

Enfranchisement and lease extension: houses

3.  The following sections shall not have effect in a case where, before the commencement date,

(a) a notice has been given under section 8 or section 14 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967(1) (notice of claim), or

(b) an application has been made under section 27 of that Act (enfranchisement where landlord cannot be found),—

• section 105(1) and (2) (nil rateable values),

• section 114 (amendment to section 1 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967), and

• section 115 (power for leasehold valuation tribunal to determine costs).

Collective enfranchisement and right to acquire new lease: flats

4.  The following sections shall not have effect in a case where, before the commencement date,—

(a) a notice has been given under section 13 or 42 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (notice of claim), or

(b) an application has been made to court under section 26 or 50 of that Act (applications where landlord cannot be found)—

• section 105(3) (nil rateable values),

• sections 107 to 109 (multiple freeholders, removal of professional valuation requirement and valuation principles),

• sections 111 to 113 (trusts, residence condition and powers of trustees), and

• section 227 in so far as it relates to the repeals in Part V of Schedule 19 (except the repeal of section 39(3) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993).

(1)

1967 c. 88.