Housing Act 1985

227 Right to serve counter-notice requiring purchase.

(1) Where a local housing authority have served an improvement notice, the person having control of the dwelling may, by notice in writing served on the the authority at any time within the period of six months beginning with the date on which the improvement notice becomes operative, require the authority to purchase his interest in the dwelling in accordance with this section.

(2) Where the person having control of a dwelling serves a notice on the authority under subsection (1), the authority shall be deemed—

(a) to be authorised under and for the purposes of Part II (provision of housing) to acquire his interest in the dwelling compulsorily, and

(b) to have served a notice to treat in respect of that interest on the date of the service of the notice under subsection (1);

and the power conferred by section 31 of the [1961 c. 33.] Land Compensation Act 1961 to withdraw a notice to treat is not exercisable in the case of a notice to treat deemed to have been so served.

(3) Within 21 days of the receipt of a notice under subsection (1) served by the person having control of a dwelling, the local housing authority shall notify every other person who, to their knowledge, is an owner, lessee or mortgagee of the dwelling or who is the occupier of it.