Section 300: Right to acquire freehold: abolition of low rent test

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 · 2008 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Other provisions — Chapter 2: Landlord and tenant matters

In section 1(1) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88) (right to enfranchisement or extension of long leaseholds)—

in paragraph (a) omit "at a low rent",
before "and" at the end of paragraph (a) insert—aain the case of a right to acquire an extended lease, his long tenancy is a tenancy at a low rent;, and
in paragraph (b) after "he has" insert— iin the case of a right to acquire the freehold, been tenant of the house under a long tenancy for the last two years; andiiin the case of a right to acquire an extended lease,.

In that Act—

in section 1(1A) (excluded tenancies)—
for "subsection (1)(a) and (b)" substitute , and" subsection (1) "
omit "at a low rent", and
omit—
section 1A(2) (certain deemed low rent tenancies),
section 1AA (additional right to enfranchisement where tenancy not low rent tenancy), and
section 4A (alternative rent limits for purposes of section 1A(2)).

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