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Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

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Changes over time for: Paragraph 8

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Point in time view as at 24/07/2024. This version of this provision is prospective. Help about Status

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, Paragraph 8. Help about Changes to Legislation

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8(1)A lease that —

(a)is a home finance plan lease, and

(b)meets any further conditions which may be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(2)A lease is a home finance plan lease if—

(a)it is granted pursuant to an arrangement which is a regulated home reversion plan within the meaning of Article 63B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544), or

(b)it is granted by a finance provider to a home buyer, pursuant to a rent to buy arrangement.

(3)A “rent to buy arrangement” is an arrangement in relation to which the following conditions are met—

(a)a person (the “finance provider”) buys a qualifying interest, or an undivided share of a qualifying interest, in land, and

(b)the arrangement provides for the obligation of another person (the “home buyer”) to buy the interest bought by the finance provider over the course of, or at the end of, a specified period.

(4)A “qualifying interest in land” means an estate in fee simple absolute or a term of years absolute, whether subsisting at law or in equity.

(5)A statutory instrument containing regulations made under sub-paragraph (1)(b) is subject to the negative procedure.

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I1Sch. 1 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 124(3)

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