67 Exclusion of right to enfranchise in case of houses let by charitable housing trusts.E+W
(1)Section 1 of the M1Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (tenants entitled to enfranchisement or extension) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) (excepted cases) there shall be added at the end— “ or, in the case of any right to which subsection (3A) below applies, at any time when the tenant’s immediate landlord is a charitable housing trust and the house forms part of the housing accommodation provided by the trust in the pursuit of its charitable purposes. ”
(3)After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)For the purposes of subsection (3) above this subsection applies as follows—
(a)where the tenancy was created after the commencement of Chapter III of Part I of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, this subsection applies to any right to acquire the freehold of the house and premises; but
(b)where the tenancy was created before that commencement, this subsection applies only to any such right exercisable by virtue of any one or more of the provisions of sections 1A and 1B below;
and in that subsection “charitable housing trust” means a housing trust within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985 which is a charity within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 67 wholly in force at 1.11.1993 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 1 to S.I. 1993/2134) see s. 188(2) and S.I. 1993/2134, art. 5(b)
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