Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Section 37.

SCHEDULE 10E+W ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES ETC.

Disapplication of provisions relating to disposals by local authorities etc.E+W

1(1)It is hereby declared that nothing in any of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2) (which impose requirements as to consent or consultation or other restrictions in relation to disposals falling within those provisions) applies to any disposal of a freehold or leasehold interest in any premises which is made in pursuance of this Chapter.E+W

(2)The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a)sections 32 and 43 of the M1Housing Act 1985 (disposals of land by local authorities) and section 133 of the M2Housing Act 1988 (certain subsequent disposals);

[F1(b)[F2section 148] of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (disposals by registered providers of social housing);

(ba)[F3section] 42 of the Housing Act 1996 (disposals by registered social landlords);

(bb)section 9 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (disposals by unregistered housing associations);]

(c)section 79(1) and (2) of the Housing Act 1988 (disposals by housing action trusts) F4...

F5(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Provisions relating to secure tenants following leasebackE+W

2(1)This paragraph applies where a lease is granted to a public sector landlord in pursuance of paragraph 2 of Schedule 9.E+W

(2)Where—

(a)immediately before the appropriate time the public sector landlord was the immediate landlord under a secure tenancy [F6or an introductory tenancy] of a flat contained in the demised premises, and

(b)that tenancy continues in force after the grant of the lease referred to in sub-paragraph (1),

the tenant shall be deemed to have continued without interruption as tenant of the landlord under the secure tenancy [F6or, as the case may be, the introductory tenancy], despite the disposal of the landlord’s interest which immediately preceded the grant of the lease referred to in that sub-paragraph.

(3)Where—

(a)immediately before the appropriate time a person was a successor in relation to a secure tenancy [F7or an introductory tenancy] of a flat contained in the demised premises, and

(b)that person is, in connection with the grant of the lease referred to in sub-paragraph (1), granted a new secure tenancy of that flat which is a tenancy for a term certain,

then for the purposes of sections 87 to 90 of the M3Housing Act 1985 (succession on death of tenant) that person shall also be a successor in relation to the new tenancy.

(4)Where—

(a)immediately before the appropriate time a person was the tenant under a secure tenancy [F8or an introductory tenancy] of a flat contained in the demised premises, and

(b)that person is, in connection with the grant of the lease referred to in sub-paragraph (1), granted a new secure tenancy [F8or introductory tenancy] of that flat,

then, for the purpose of determining whether either of the conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (5) is satisfied, the new tenancy shall not be regarded as a new letting of the flat but shall instead be regarded as a continuation of the secure tenancy [or introductory tenancy] referred to in paragraph (a) above.

(5)Those conditions are—

(a)the condition specified in sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Act 1985 (exception to the right to buy in case of letting in connection with employment); and

(b)the condition specified in sub-paragraph (1)(b) of paragraph 11 of that Schedule (exception to the right to buy in case of letting for occupation by person of pensionable age etc.).

(6)In this paragraph—

(a)any reference to a secure tenancy [F9or an introductory tenancy] of a flat is a reference to a secure tenancy [F9or an introductory tenancy] of a flat whether with or without any yard, garden, garage, outhouses or appurtenances belonging to or usually enjoyed with it; and

(b)any reference to a flat includes a reference to a unit (other than a flat) which is used as a dwelling.

(7)In this paragraph—

(a)“the appropriate time” and “the demised premises” have the same meaning as in Schedule 9; and

(b)“successor” has the same meaning as in section 88 of the M4Housing Act 1985 [F10in relation to a secure tenancy and as in section 132 of the Housing Act 1996 in relation to an introductory tenancy.].