http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/31/section/17Landlord and Tenant Act 1987An Act to confer on tenants of flats rights with respect to the acquisition by them of their landlord’s reversion; to make provision for the appointment of a manager at the instance of such tenants and for the variation of long leases held by such tenants; to make further provision with respect to service charges payable by tenants of flats and other dwellings; to make other provision with respect to such tenants; to make further provision with respect to the permissible purposes and objects of registered housing associations as regards the management of leasehold property; and for connected purposes.1987-05-15texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-06-23Expert Participation2025-06-13 Landlord and Tenant Act 1987s. 24(2)(abb)Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002Sch. 10 para. 14s. 181(1)Landlord and Tenant Act 1987s. 24(2)(ad)Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024s. 66(b)s. 71s. 124(3)Landlord and Tenant Act 1987s. 47(3A)Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024s. 55(4)(a)s. 71s. 124(3)Landlord and Tenant Act 1987s. 47A(3A)Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024s. 55(4)(b)s. 71s. 124(3)Landlord and Tenant Act 1987s. 47BBuilding Safety (Wales) Act 2026Deddf Diogelwch Adeiladau (Cymru) 2026s. 74(2)s. 138(2)Landlord and Tenant Act 1987s. 49BBuilding Safety (Wales) Act 2026Deddf Diogelwch Adeiladau (Cymru) 2026s. 74(3)s. 138(2)Landlord and Tenant Act 1987s. 24ZA(6)Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026Deddf Diogelwch Adeiladau (Cymru) 2026Sch. 3 para. 4(d)s. 138(2) Part I171If, at any time after a notice has been served under section 11A, 12A, 12B or 12C, the premises affected by the original disposal cease to be premises to which this Part applies, the purchaser may serve a notice on the qualifying tenants of the constituent flats stating—athat the premises have ceased to be premises to which this Part applies, andbthat any such notice served on him, and anything done in pursuance of it, is to be treated as not having been served or done.2A landlord who has not served such a notice on all of the qualifying tenants of the constituent flats shall nevertheless be treated as having duly served a notice under subsection (1)—aif he has served such a notice on not less than 90% of those tenants, orbwhere those qualifying tenants number less than ten, if he has served such a notice on all but one of them.3Where a period of three months beginning with the date of service of a notice under section 12A, 12B or 12C on the purchaser has expired—awithout any binding contract having been entered into between the purchaser and the nominated person, andbwithout there having been made any application in connection with the notice to the court or to the appropriate tribunal,the purchaser may serve on the nominated person a notice stating that the notice, and anything done in pursuance of it, is to be treated as not having been served or done.4Where any such application as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b) was made within the period of three months referred to in that subsection, but—aa period of two months beginning with the date of the determination of that application has expired,bno binding contract has been entered into between the purchaser and the nominated person, andcno other such application as is mentioned in subsection (3)(b) is pending,the purchaser may serve on the nominated person a notice stating that any notice served on him under section 12A, 12B or 12C, and anything done in pursuance of any such notice, is to be treated as not having been served or done.5Where the purchaser serves a notice in accordance with subsection (1), (3) or (4), this Part shall cease to have effect in relation to him in connection with the original disposal.6Where a purchaser is entitled to serve a notice under subsection (1) but does not do so, this Part shall continue to have effect in relation to him in connection with the original disposal as if the premises in question were still premises to which this Part applies.7References in this section to the purchaser include a subsequent purchaser to whom sections 12A to 14 apply by virtue of section 16(4) or (5).Ss. 16, 17 and crossheadings substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 92(1), Sch. 6 Pt. III; S.I. 1996/2212, art. 2(2) (with Sch.)S. 17 and crossheading substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 92(1), Sch. 6 Pt. III; S.I. 1996/2212, art. 2(2) (with Sch.)Words in s. 17(3)(b) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 65 (with Sch. 3)