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Housing Act 1996, Paragraph 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 28 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

5(1)Section 11 (right of qualifying tenant to obtain information about superior interests etc.) shall be amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)for “his immediate landlord”, in both places, there shall be substituted “ any immediate landlord of his ”, and

(b)for “the person who owns the freehold of” there shall be substituted “ every person who owns a freehold interest in ”.

(3)In subsection (2)(b), for “the tenant’s immediate landlord” there shall be substituted “ any immediate landlord of the tenant ”.

(4)In subsection (3), for “the person who owns the freehold of” there shall be substituted “ any person who owns a freehold interest in ”.

(5)In subsection (4), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

(a)to any person who owns a freehold interest in the relevant premises,

(aa)to any person who owns a freehold interest in any such property as is mentioned in subsection (3)(c),.

(6)In subsection (8)(b)(i), after “premises” there shall be inserted “ or in any such property as is mentioned in subsection (3)(c) ”.

(7)In subsection (9), in the definition of “the relevant premises”—

(a)in paragraph (a), after “owns”, where it second occurs, there shall be inserted “ , or the persons who own the freehold interests in the flat own, ”, and

(b)in paragraph (b), after “owns” there shall be inserted “ , or those persons own, ”.

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