Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Flats etc. let by housing associations under tenancies other than secure tenancies

3(1)This paragraph applies where immediately before the appropriate time any flat contained in the specified premises is let by a housing association under a tenancy other than a secure tenancy and—

(a)the housing association is the freeholder, and

(b)the tenant is not a qualifying tenant of the flat.

(2)Where this paragraph applies, the nominee purchaser shall grant to the freeholder (that is to say, the housing association) a lease of the flat in accordance with section 36 and paragraph 4 below.

(3)In this paragraph any reference to a flat includes a reference to a unit (other than a flat) which is used as a dwelling.