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Version Superseded: 11/10/1993

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Housing Act 1985, Section 136 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 20 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

136 Change of secure tenant after notice claiming right to buy.E+W

(1)Where, after a secure tenant (“the former tenant”) has given a notice claiming the right to buy, another person (“the new tenant”)—

(a)becomes the secure tenant under the same secure tenancy, otherwise than on an assignment made by virtue of section 92 (assignments by way of exchange), or

(b)becomes the secure tenant under a periodic tenancy arising by virtue of section 86 (periodic tenancy arising on termination of fixed term) on the coming to an end of the secure tenancy,

the new tenant shall be in the same position as if the notice had been given by him and he had been the secure tenant at the time it was given.

(2)If a notice under section 125 (landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters has been served on the former tenant, the landlord shall serve on the new tenant a further form for his use in claiming to exercise the right to a mortgage.

(3)The new tenant may then serve a notice under section 134 (tenant’s notice claiming to exercise right to a mortgage) within the period of three months beginning with the service on him of that form or within that period as extended under the following provisions.

(4)Where there are reasonable grounds for doing so, the landlord or, as the case may be, the [F1Corporation] shall by notice in writing served on the new tenant extend (or further extend) the period within which his notice claiming to exercise the right to a mortgage may be served.

(5)If in such a case the landlord or [F1Corporation] fails to do so, the county court may by order extend or further extend that period until such date as may be specified in the order.

(6)The preceding provisions of this section do not confer any right on a person required in pursuance of section 123 (claim to share right to buy with members of family) to share the right to buy, unless he could have been validly so required had the notice claiming to exercise the right to buy been given by the new tenant.

(7)The preceding provisions of this section apply with the necessary modifications if there is a further change in the person who is the secure tenant.

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