[F1121ZARestriction on exercising the right to buy in WalesE+W
(1)The right to buy cannot be exercised in respect of a dwelling-house in Wales unless—
(a)the dwelling-house is from previously let social housing stock, or
(b)any of the cases specified in section 121ZB applies, or has applied, in respect of the dwelling-house.
(2)For the purposes of this Part—
(a)a dwelling-house is from previously let social housing stock if, at any time during the period of six months ending with the relevant date, it has been—
(i)let under a secure tenancy,
(ii)let under an introductory tenancy (within the meaning given by Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)),
(iii)let under a demoted tenancy (within the meaning given by section 143A of the Housing Act 1996), or
(iv)a qualifying dwelling-house in relation to the preserved right to buy (see section 171B);
(b)“relevant date” means the day on which section 2 of the Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2017 comes into force.
(3)This section does not affect the computation of any period under Schedule 4.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 121ZA inserted (24.3.2018) by Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 1), ss. 2(2), 11(2)