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Section 143: Abolition of limits on rights after lease extension

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 · 2002 c. 15View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Leasehold reform — Chapter 4: Leasehold houses

In section 16 of the 1967 Act (limits on rights after extension of lease), omit—

subsection (1)(a) (no right for tenant under extended tenancy to acquire freehold after end of original lease), and
in subsection (4) (no right to freehold or extended lease in case of tenancy created by sub-demise under extended tenancy), the words "the freehold or".

For subsection (1B) of that section (extended tenancy not an assured tenancy or assured agricultural occupancy or a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) applies) substitute—

Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection (2) apply whether the tenancy in question is extended before or after the coming into force of that paragraph or subsection; and paragraph (b) of subsection (1) applies whether the lease by sub-demise in question is created before or after the coming into force of that paragraph.

In section 9 of the 1967 Act (purchase price), after subsection (1A) insert—

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