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Dyma’r fersiwn wreiddiol (fel y’i gwnaed yn wreiddiol).
Deferment of completion in pursuance of right to buy
5(1)In sections 140(3)(c) and 152(3) of the [1985 c. 68.] Housing Act 1985 (period before notice to complete can be served where tenant en-tided to defer completion) for " two years" substitute " three years ".
(2)In sections 142(1)(c), (2) and (5) and 151(3) of that Act for " £100 " (the amount which the tenant must deposit in order to be entitled to defer completion) substitute " £150 ".
(3)The above amendments apply where notice under section 142(1) of that Act claiming to be entitled to defer completion is served after the commencement of this paragraph.
(4)The above amendments to sections 140(3)(c), 142(5), 151(3) and 152(3) also apply where notice under section 142(1) of that Act claiming to be entitled to defer completion was served before the commencement of this paragraph if the tenant—
(a)serves a further notice on the landlord claiming the benefit of the longer period, and
(b)at the same time deposits with the landlord an additional £50;
and section 142(5) applies to the sum so deposited as if it had been deposited in pursuance of a notice under that section.
(5)No such further notice may be served if the landlord has already served a notice under section 140 or 152 of the Housing Act 1985 (landlord's first notice to complete).
(6)The following provisions of the Housing Act 1985 apply, as to provisions of Part V of that Act, to the provisions of this paragraph relating to a further notice or deposit—
section 170 (assistance in connection with legal proceedings),
section 176 (form and service of notices),
section 177 (errors and omissions in notices),
section 180 (statutory declarations),
section 181 (jurisdiction of county court).
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