HC Deb 21 December 1983 vol 51 cc509-10
Mr. Wyn Roberts

I beg to move amendment No. 109, in page 2, line 10, at end insert— '(4) The amendments made by this section and Schedule 1 to this Act shall not apply where the landlord's notice under section 5(1) of the 1980 Act was served before the commencement date.'

This is a technical amendment which will be welcomed by right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of the House. Its purpose is to make it clear that the extension of the right to buy to leasehold property by clause 1 and schedule 1 will apply only to fresh applications made after commencement or to those where, on commencement, the landlord has not responded to the tenant's right-to-buy application.

The amendment will make it clear that previously rejected applications cannot be resurrected. Tenants who have previously been refused the right to buy on the ground that the landlord does not own the freehold will have to reapply. It is a commonsense provision which I ask the House to accept.

Amendment agreed to.

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