Part IVChange of Landlord: Secure Tenants
Initial procedures
97Information etc. for applicant
1
Within four weeks of the relevant date, the landlord shall serve on the applicant a notice specifying—
a
the name and address of every tenant or licensee of a dwelling-house which the buildings proposed to be acquired by virtue of section 93(1)(a) above comprise or contain; and
b
the general nature of his tenancy or licence.
2
As from four weeks after that date, the applicant shall have the following rights, namely—
a
a right of access, at any reasonable time and on giving reasonable notice, to any property proposed to be acquired which is not subject to a tenancy;
b
a right, on giving reasonable notice, to be provided with a list of any documents to which subsection (3) below applies;
c
a right to inspect, at any reasonable time and on giving reasonable notice, any documents to which that subsection applies; and
d
a right, on payment of a reasonable fee, to be provided with a copy of any documents inspected under paragraph (c) above.
3
This subsection applies to any document in the possession of the landlord—
a
sight of which is reasonably required for the purpose of pursuing the application; and
b
which, on a proposed sale by a willing vendor to a willing purchaser of the property proposed to be acquired, the landlord, as vendor, would be expected to make available to the purchaser (whether at or before contract or completion).
4
In this section “document” has the same meaning as in Part I of the [1968 c. 64.] Civil Evidence Act 1968.