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Section 10: Premises with a resident landlord.

Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 · 1993 c. 28View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: LANDLORD AND TENANT — Chapter I: COLLECTIVE ENFRANCHISEMENT IN CASE OF TENANTS OF FLATS

For the purposes of this Chapter any premises falling within section 3(1) are premises with a resident landlord at any time if—

the premises are not, and do not form part of, a purpose-built block of flats;
the same person has owned the freehold of the premises since before the conversion of the premises into two or more flats or other units; and
he, or an adult member of his family, has occupied a flat or other unit contained in the premises as his only or principal home throughout the period of twelve months ending with that time.

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Where the freehold of any premises is held on trust, subsection (1) applies as if—

the requirement in paragraph (b) were that the same person has had an interest under the trust (whether or not also a trustee) since before the conversion of the premises, and
paragraph (c) referred to him or an adult member of his family.

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For the purposes of this section a person is an adult member of another's family if that person is—

the other's spouse or civil partner; or
a son or daughter or a son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the other, or of the other's spouse or civil partner, who has attained the age of 18; or
the father or mother of the other, or of the other's spouse or civil partner;

and in paragraph (b) any reference to a person's son or daughter includes a reference to any stepson or stepdaughter of that person, and "son-in-law" and "daughter-in-law" shall be construed accordingly.

In this section—

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  • "purpose-built block of flats" means a building which as constructed contained two or more flats.

  • "qualifying flat", in relation to a relevant person, or an adult member of a relevant person's family, means a flat the freehold of the whole of which is owned by the relevant person.

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