Part 11Change of landlord: secure tenants
131Sale conditions
1
An offer to sell—
a
must include such conditions as are needed to entitle the applicant to receive a good and marketable title to the house, and
b
may be subject to such other conditions as are reasonable.
2
But such other conditions—
a
must not reduce the tenant’s enjoyment and use of the house as tenant of the applicant from that which the tenant had as tenant of the local authority landlord,
b
must not require the applicant or the tenant to pay any of the local authority landlord’s expenses, and
c
must not impose a new charge, or increase an existing charge, for the provision of a service in relation to the house unless that charge is in reasonable proportion to the cost to the local authority landlord of providing the service.
3
An applicant who—
a
considers that a condition contained in the offer to sell is unreasonable, or
b
wishes to have a new condition included in the offer to sell,
may request the local authority landlord to amend the offer to sell accordingly.
4
Such a request—
a
is to be given by serving notice on the local authority landlord, and
b
must be made within 1 month of the offer to sell being made.
5
The local authority landlord must, within 1 month of such a request being made—
a
agree to the request and make an accordingly amended offer to sell to the applicant, or
b
refuse the request by notifying the applicant accordingly.
6
If a local authority landlord—
a
refuses a request, or
b
fails to comply with subsection (5),
the applicant may refer the matter to the Lands Tribunal.
7
Such a reference must be made within 1 month of the refusal or, as the case may be, of the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (5).
8
The Lands Tribunal may determine such a reference by—
a
upholding a condition,
b
striking out or modifying a condition, or
c
inserting a new condition.
9
Where a Lands Tribunal determination results in a modification of the offer to sell, it must order the local authority landlord to make to the applicant an amended offer to sell (amended in accordance with the determination) within 2 months of the determination.