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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 45H(2) modified (with effect in accordance with s. 167 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 30 para. 7

Part 10U.K. Assured tenancy allowances

Chapter 4U.K. Qualifying dwelling-houses

505 Qualifying dwelling-houses: exclusionsU.K.

(1)A dwelling-house is not a qualifying dwelling-house if any of the exclusions given below apply.

Exclusion 1

The landlord under the tenancy is—

(a)a housing association which is approved for the purposes of section 488 of ICTA, or

(b)a self-build society within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69).

Exclusion 2

The landlord and the tenant are connected persons.

Exclusion 3

The tenant is a director of a company which is or is connected with the landlord.

Exclusion 4

The landlord is a close company and the tenant is, for the purposes of Part XI of ICTA—

(a)a participator in that company, or

(b)an associate of such a participator.

Exclusion 5

The tenancy is entered into as part of a mutual arrangement for avoidance.

(2)In exclusion 5, a “mutual arrangement for avoidance” means an arrangement—

(a)between the landlords (or owners) of different dwelling-houses, and

(b)under which one landlord takes a person as a tenant in circumstances in which, if that person was the tenant of a dwelling-house let by the other landlord, that dwelling-house would not be a qualifying dwelling-house because of exclusion 2, 3 or 4.