Part 10Letting by local authorities of vacant high-street premises
Procedure for letting
I1207Power to grant tenancy in default
1
This section applies if—
a
a local authority has entered into a contract under section 204, and
b
the landlord of the premises to which the contract relates fails to grant a tenancy as required by the contract.
2
The local authority may grant the tenancy that the landlord should have granted.
3
A tenancy granted under this section has effect as if it was granted by the landlord instead of the local authority; and the local authority may do anything that the landlord could do in order to make an effective grant.
4
A local authority is to act under this section in its own name, but with an indication that it is acting so as to bind the landlord rather than itself.
5
As soon as possible after granting a tenancy under this section, the local authority must provide a signed copy of the instrument by which the tenancy was granted to the landlord.