SCHEDULE 1 MODIFICATIONS TO PART V OF THE HOUSING ACT 1985
4 At the end of section 122 (tenant’s notice claiming to exercise the right to acquire) add—

“4 The tenant shall not make an application to acquire the dwelling-house under section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling) at any time when the tenant has made an application to buy under this Part, as it applies in relation to the right to buy and the preserved right to buy, which has not been withdrawn by the tenant or denied by the landlord, but nothing in this subsection shall prevent the tenant withdrawing such an application and submitting an application under section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling)”

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