Housing (Scotland) Act 1987

63 Application to purchase and offer to sell

(1) A tenant who seeks to exercise a right to purchase a house under section 61 shall serve on the landlord a notice (referred to in this Part as an "application to purchase") which shall be in such form as the Secretary of State shall by order made by statutory instrument prescribe, and shall contain—

(a) notice that the tenant seeks to exercise the right to purchase;

(b) a statement of any period of occupancy of a house on which the tenant intends to rely for the purposes of section 61 and 62; and

(c) the name of any joint purchaser within the meaning of section 61(6).

(2) Where an application to purchase is served on a landlord, and the landlord does not serve a notice of refusal under sections 68 to 70 it shall, within 2 months after service of the application to purchase, serve on the tenant a notice (referred to in this Part as an "offer to sell") containing—

(a) the market value of the house determined under section 62(2);

(b) the discount calculated under section 62(3);

(c) the price fixed under section 62(1);

(d) any conditions which the landlord intends to impose under section 64; and

(e) an offer to sell the house to the tenant and any joint purchaser named in the application to purchase at the price referred to in paragraph (c) and under the conditions referred to in paragraph (d).