PART 1

SUSPENSION OF THE RIGHT TO BUY AND RELATED RIGHTS
CHAPTER 6

AMENDMENTS TO THE HOUSING ACT 1985

Effect of direction to suspend the right to buy
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1
The Housing Act 1985 is amended as follows.
2
In section 122 (tenant’s notice claiming to exercise right to buy), at the beginning of subsection (1) insert “Unless section 122B applies”.
3
After section 122A (inserted by section 31 of this Measure) insert the following—

Suspension of the right to buy in parts of Wales
122B
1
This section applies to a secure tenant of a dwelling-house to which a direction having effect under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 applies.
2
While the direction has effect, the tenant may not claim to exercise the right to buy under section 122.
3
This section does not affect the computation of any period in accordance with Schedule 4.