Housing Act 1985

173 Exclusion of shared ownership leases granted under this Part.E+W

(1)Where a tenancy of a dwelling-house which is a house is created by the grant of a lease in pursuance of the right to be granted a shared ownership lease, then, so long as the rent payable under the lease exceeds £10 per annum, neither the tenant nor the tenant under a sub-tenancy directly or indirectly derived out of the tenancy shall be entitled to acquire the free-hold or an extended lease of the dwelling-house under Part I of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967.

(2)Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding the provisions of section 174 (leases granted under this Part to be treated as long leases at a low rent).