Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Flats etc. let under secure tenancies

2 (1) This paragraph applies where immediately before the appropriate time any flat contained in the specified premises is let under a secure tenancy and either—

(a) the freeholder is the tenant’s immediate landlord, or

(b) the freeholder is a public sector landlord and every intermediate landlord of the flat (as well as the immediate landlord under the secure tenancy) is also a public sector landlord.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(b) has effect whether any such intermediate landlord, or the immediate landlord under the secure tenancy, is or is not a qualifying tenant of the flat.

(3) Where this paragraph applies, the nominee purchaser shall grant to the freeholder a lease of the flat in accordance with section 36 and paragraph 4 below.

(4) In this paragraph any reference to a flat includes a reference to a unit (other than a flat) which is used as a dwelling.