Part 3Other provisions

Chapter 2Landlord and tenant matters

Leasehold enfranchisement

I1300Right to acquire freehold: abolition of low rent test

1

In section 1(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88) (right to enfranchisement or extension of long leaseholds)—

a

in paragraph (a) omit “at a low rent”,

b

before “and” at the end of paragraph (a) insert—

aa

in the case of a right to acquire an extended lease, his long tenancy is a tenancy at a low rent;

c

in paragraph (b) after “he has” insert

—

i

in the case of a right to acquire the freehold, been tenant of the house under a long tenancy for the last two years; and

ii

in the case of a right to acquire an extended lease,

2

In that Act—

a

in section 1(1A) (excluded tenancies)—

i

for “subsection (1)(a) and (b)” substitute “ subsection (1) ”, and

ii

omit “at a low rent”, and

b

omit—

i

section 1A(2) (certain deemed low rent tenancies),

ii

section 1AA (additional right to enfranchisement where tenancy not low rent tenancy), and

iii

section 4A (alternative rent limits for purposes of section 1A(2)).