http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/31/section/3Landlord 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 Part I Tenants’ Rights of First Refusal Preliminary Qualifying tenants.31Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person is for the purposes of this Part a qualifying tenant of a flat if he is the tenant of the flat under a tenancy other than—aa protected shorthold tenancy as defined in section 52 of the Housing Act 1980;ba tenancy to which Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (business tenancies) applies; . . . ca tenancy terminable on the cessation of his employment ; dan assured tenancy or assured agricultural occupancy within the meaning of Part I of the Housing Act 1988 ; ore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ga tenancy that is an occupation contract (within the meaning of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act)).2A person is not to be regarded as being a qualifying tenant of any flat contained in any particular premises consisting of the whole or part of a building if by virtue of one or more tenancies none of which falls within paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1), he is the tenant not only of the flat in question but also of at least two other flats contained in those premises.3For the purposes of subsection (2) any tenant of a flat contained in the premises in question who is a body corporate shall be treated as the tenant of any other flat so contained and let to an associated company.4A tenant of a flat whose landlord is a qualifying tenant of that flat is not to be regarded as being a qualifying tenant of that flat.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1980 c. 51. 1954 c. 56. Word repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61, 75:1), ss. 119, 140, Sch. 13 para. 2(1), Sch. 18S. 3(1)(d) and the word “or” immediately preceding it added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 75:1), s. 119, Sch. 13 para. 2(1)Words substituted for paragraphs (a) and (b) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 75:1), s. 119, Sch. 13 para. 2(2) “(2)” substituted for “(2)(b)” by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 75:1), s. 119, Sch. 13 para. 2(2)Word in s. 3(1)(c) substituted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(a)(i)S. 3(1)(d): semicolon substituted for full stop (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 15(2)(a)(ii)Word in s. 3(1)(d) inserted (13.6.2025) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/673), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(i)S. 3(1)(e) omitted (13.6.2025) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/673), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(ii)S. 3(1)(f) omitted (13.6.2025) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/673), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(ii)S. 3(1)(g) inserted (13.6.2025) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/673), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(iii)S. 3(5) omitted (13.6.2025) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/673), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)