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(1)It is for the tenant to make the offer to buy in exercise of the tenant's right to buy under section 38E.
(2)The offer is to be at a price—
(a)agreed between the tenant and the person from whom the land is to be bought (“the seller”), or
(b)where there is no such agreement—
(i)payable by the tenant in accordance with section 34(8), or
(ii)if the price is determined in an appeal under section 37, as is so determined.
(3)The offer must specify the date of entry and of payment of the price in accordance with subsection (4).
(4)The date of entry and of payment of the price are to be—
(a)a date not later than 6 months from the date when the tenant gave notice under section 38E(3) of the tenant's intention to buy,
(b)where the price payable by the tenant is the subject of an appeal under section 37 which has not, before the expiry of the period of 4 months beginning with the date when the tenant gave such notice, been—
(i)determined, or
(ii)abandoned following agreement between the tenant and the seller,
a date not later than 2 months after the appeal is so determined or, as the case may be, abandoned, or
(c)such later date as may be agreed between the tenant and the seller.
(5)The offer may include such other reasonable conditions as are necessary or expedient to secure the efficient progress and completion of the transfer.
(6)The seller must—
(a)make available to the tenant such deeds and other documents as are sufficient to enable the tenant to proceed to complete title to the land,
(b)transfer title accordingly.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2A inserted (23.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 100(2), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch.
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