Part 3Other provisions

Chapter 2Landlord and tenant matters

Right to buy etc: miscellaneous

304Exclusion of the right to buy: possession orders

1

For section 121(1) of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (circumstances in which the right to buy cannot be exercised) substitute—

1

The right to buy cannot be exercised if the tenant is subject to an order of the court for possession of the dwelling-house.

2

Subsection (1) does not apply where the tenant has served a notice under section 122 of that Act (tenant's notice claiming to exercise right to buy) before the coming into force of subsection (1) above and the notice is not withdrawn.