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Section 39: Right of qualifying tenant of flat to acquire new lease.

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

Part I: LANDLORD AND TENANT — Chapter II: INDIVIDUAL RIGHT OF TENANT OF FLAT TO ACQUIRE NEW LEASE

This Chapter has effect for the purpose of conferring on a qualifying tenant of a flat ... the right, exercisable subject to and in accordance with this Chapter, to acquire a new lease of the flat on payment of a premium determined in accordance with this Chapter.

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The following provisions, namely—

section 5 (with the omission of subsections (5) and (6)),
section 7, . . .
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shall apply for the purposes of this Chapter as they apply for the purposes of Chapter I; and references in this Chapter to a qualifying tenant of a flat shall accordingly be construed by reference to those provisions.

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For the purposes of this Chapter a person can be (or be among those constituting) the qualifying tenant of each of two or more flats at the same time, whether he is tenant of those flats under one lease or under two or more separate leases.

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The right conferred by this Chapter on a tenant to acquire a new lease shall not extend to underlying minerals comprised in his existing lease if—

the landlord requires the minerals to be excepted, and
proper provision is made for the support of the premises demised by that existing lease as they are enjoyed on the relevant date.

In this Chapter "the relevant date", in relation to a claim by a tenant under this Chapter, means the date on which notice of the claim is given to the landlord under section 42.

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