Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 Explanatory Notes

Qualifying rules

Section 141: Tenancies not at a low rent

235.Section 141 amends section 1AA of the 1967 Act. Subject to an exemption which applies to certain properties in rural areas, it extends the right to enfranchise to leaseholders of houses who were originally granted leases for more than 21 years, but less than 35 years, and who are unable to pass the relevant low rent test.  It also makes consequential amendments to the rural exemption.

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