HC Deb 12 April 1984 vol 58 c621

Lords amendment: No. 83, after the clause last inserted, insert— Where a dwelling-house let on a secure tenancy is land held—

  1. (a) for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or
  2. (b) in accordance with section 10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds),
then, for the purpose of Chapter I of Part I of the 1980 Act and this Part of this Act, the dwelling-house shall be deemed to be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10.

Mr. Gow

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

This new clause is relevant against the background of our proposals to modify the 1980 Act as it affects dwellings held other than under general housing powers. The clause concerns the right to buy of tenants whose homes are situated in parks and other open spaces. I hope that the House will think that this is a sensible amendment.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendment agreed to, with special entry.

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