SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Validity of Tenants’ Notices, Effect on Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 etc. and Procedure Generally

Part I

Restrictions on claims by tenant, and effect of claims on other notices, forfeitures, etc.

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(1)

If—

(a)

the landlord commences proceedings under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954; and

(b)

the tenant subsequently makes a claim to acquire the freehold or an extended lease of the property; and

(c)

paragraph 2 above does not render the claim of no effect,

no further steps shall be taken in the proceedings under Part 2 otherwise than for their dismissal and for the making of any consequential order.

(2)

Section 64 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall have no effect in a case to which sub-paragraph (1) above applies.