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PART IIIS RIGHTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR TENANTS

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SuccessionS

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LeasesS

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SublettingS

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Repairs and improvementsS

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Right to buyS

F1961 Secure tenant’s right to purchaseS

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F1961ZALimitation on right to purchase: new tenantsS

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F1961A Limitation on right to purchase from registered social landlordsS

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F1961B Limitation on right to purchase: pressured areasS

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F1961C Pressured area proposals: procedureS

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F1961D Limitation on right to purchase: arrears of rent, council tax etc.S

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F1961E Limitation on right to purchase: conductS

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F1961FLimitation on right to purchase: new supply social housingS

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F1962 The price.S

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ProcedureS

F1963 Application to purchase and offer to sell.S

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F1963AInformation to be prescribedS

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F1965 Variation of conditions.S

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F1966 Notice of acceptance.S

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F1966A Abatement of purchase price on landlord’s failure before contract of sale.S

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F1966BAbatement of purchase price on landlord’s failure after contract of sale.S

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F1966CProvisions relating to sections 66A and 66B.S

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F1968 Refusal of applications.S

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Houses provided for special purposesS

F1969 Secretary of State’s power to authorise refusal to sell certain houses provided for persons of pensionable age.S

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F1969APower to refuse to sell houses required for police purposesS

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F1970 Power to refuse to sell certain houses required for educational purposes.S

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Houses liable to demolitionS

F1970A Authorisation of refusal to sell houses liable to demolitionS

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Lands TribunalS

F1971 Reference to Lands Tribunal.S

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Recoverability of discountS

F1972 Recovery of discount on early re-sale.S

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F1973 Cases where discount etc. is not recoverable .S

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Rent to loan schemeS

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F1974 Duties of landlords.S

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F1975 Agreements affecting right to purchase.S

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Powers of Secretary of StateS

F1977 Secretary of State may make provision for vesting in landlord to bring into being tenant’s right to purchase house.S

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F1978 Secretary of State may give directions to modify conditions of sale.S

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F1979 Secretary of State may give financial and other assistance for tenants involved in proceedings.S

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F1980 Secretary of State may make contributions towards the cost of transfers and exchanges.S

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F1981 Information from landlords in relation to Secretary of State’s powers.S

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[F20 Preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord]S

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F20S. 81A and cross heading inserted (21.2.1992) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 128; S.I. 1992/324, art. 2

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F21S. 81A repealed (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(17); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

[F22Consultation before disposal to private sector landlord]S

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F22S. 81B and cross heading inserted (21.2.1992) by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 135(1)(3); S.I. 1992/324, art. 2

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F23S. 81B repealed (19.12.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(17); S.S.I. 2001/467, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to art. 3)

GeneralS

82 [F24Interpretation of sections 14, 19 and 20]S

In F25... sections 14, 19, [F26and 20], except where provision is made to the contrary,

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  • “family” and any reference to membership thereof shall be construed in accordance with section 83;

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  • “landlord” means a person who lets a house to a tenant for human habitation, and includes his successors in title;

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  • “tenancy” means any agreement under which a house is made available for occupation for human habitation, and “leases”, “let” and “lets” shall be construed accordingly;

  • “tenant” means a person who leases a house from a landlord and who derives his right therein directly from the landlord, and in the case of joint tenancies means all the tenants.

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F24S. 82 heading substituted (1.8.2016) by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(8); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)

F26Words in s. 82 substituted (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(a); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

F28Words in s. 82 repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 8 Pt. 2; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F29Definitions of

“rent to loan purchaser”

and

“rent to loan scheme”

in s. 82 repealed (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(b); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 82 modified (13.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/325, regs. 3, 5, 7, Sch. 1

83Members of a person’s family.S

(1)A person is a member of another’s family for the purposes of this Act if—

(a)he is the spouse [F30or civil partner] of that person or he and that person live together as husband and wife [F31or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex]; or

(b)he is that person’s parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—

(a)a relationship by marriage [F32or by virtue of civil partnership] shall be treated as a relationship by blood;

(b)a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood;

(c)the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child; and

[F33(ca)a person brought up or treated by another person as if the person were the child of the other person shall be treated as that person’s child;]

(d)a child shall be treated as such whether or not his parents are married.

[F34(3)Except in subsection (1)(a), references in this Act to a person’s spouse include references to [F35that person’s civil partner or to] another person living together with that person as husband and wife or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between husband and wife except that the persons are of the same sex.]

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F31Words in s. 83(1)(a) inserted (1.10.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 108(3)(a); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 3) (as amended by S.S.I. 2001/397, art. 7(b))

F33S. 83(2)(ca) inserted (1.10.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 108(3)(b); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 3) (as amended by S.S.I. 2001/397, art. 7(b))

F34S. 83(3) inserted (1.10.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 108(3)(c); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 3) (as amended by S.S.I. 2001/397, art. 7(b))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 83 modified (13.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/325, regs. 3, 5, 7, Sch. 1

F3684 Service of notices.S

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F3784A Application of right to buy to cases where landlord is lessee.S

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