PART V THE RIGHT TO BUY

Modifications of Leasehold Reform Act 1967 in relation to leases granted under this Part

172 Exclusion of leases where landlord is housing association and freeholder is a charity.

(1)

Part I of the M1Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (enfranchisement and extension of long leaseholds) does not apply where, in the case of a tenancy or sub-tenancy to which this section applies, the landlord is a housing association and the freehold is owned by a body of persons or trust established for charitable purposes only.

(2)

This section applies to a tenancy created by the grant of a lease in pursuance of this Part of a dwelling-house which is a house.

(3)

Where Part I of the 1967 Act applies as if there had been a single tenancy granted for a term beginning at the same time as the term under a tenancy falling within subsection (2) and expiring at the same time as the term under a later tenancy, this section also applies to that later tenancy.

(4)

This section applies to any sub-tenancy directly or indirectly derived out of a tenancy falling within subsection (2) or (3).