2(1)This paragraph applies where immediately before the appropriate time any flat contained in the specified premises is let under a secure tenancy and either—
(a)the freeholder is the tenant’s immediate landlord, or
(b)the freeholder is a public sector landlord and every intermediate landlord of the flat (as well as the immediate landlord under the secure tenancy) is also a public sector landlord.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1)(b) has effect whether any such intermediate landlord, or the immediate landlord under the secure tenancy, is or is not a qualifying tenant of the flat.
(3)Where this paragraph applies, the nominee purchaser shall grant to the freeholder a lease of the flat in accordance with section 36 and paragraph 4 below.
(4)In this paragraph any reference to a flat includes a reference to a unit (other than a flat) which is used as a dwelling.