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Lords amendment: In page 84, line 1, at end insert—
(".Subsections (4) and (4A) of section 3 of the Housing Act 1980 (meaning of "house", "flat", "dwelling-house" etc.) shall have effect as if any reference to the right to buy included a reference to the right to be granted a shared ownership lease.
.Section 4(3) of that Act (joint tenants and members of family occupying dwelling-house otherwise than as joint tenants) shall have effect as if the reference to Chapter I of Part I of that Act included a reference to Part I of this Act.
. — (1) In section 5(2) of that Act (notice claiming to exercise the right to buy) for the words "three years" there shall be substituted the words "two years".
(2) The amendment made by sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply where the landlord's notice under section 5(1) of the 1980 Act was served before the commencement of Part I of this Act.
. At the end of section 6 of that Act (purchase price) there shall be added the following subsection—
(6) Where the secure tenant's tenancy has at any time been assigned by virtue of section 37A of this Act, the persons specified in subsection (5) above shall not include any person who under that tenancy was a secure tenant before the assignment " ").
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The Lords disagree to the amendments proposed by the Commons in lines 11, 12 and 14 of their amendment in
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page 84, line 1, and to the two amendments proposed by the Commons to their amendment in page 90, line 58, for the following reason:
Because it would be inconsistent with their insistence and disagreement to agree to the Commons amendments.
§ Question, That this House doth insist on the amendment proposed by it in line 11 of the Lords amendment in page 84, line 1, put and agreed to.
§ Question, That this House doth not insist on the amendment proposed by it in line 12 of the said Lords amendment, put and agreed to.
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Amendment (a) made to the said Lords amendment in lieu thereof, in line 12, after 'buy)' insert
'there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(1A) A landlord's notice under subsection (1) above shall inform the tenant of any application for a determination under paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act and, in the case of a notice admitting the tenant's right, shall be without prejudice to any determination made on such an application.
(1A) In subsection (2) of that section.'. — [Sir George Young.]
§ Question, That this House doth not insist on the amendment proposed by it in line 14 of the said Lords amendment, put and agreed to.
§ Amendments made to the said Lords amendment in lieu thereof:
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(a) in line 14, after 'above', insert
`shall not apply where the tenant's claim to exercise the right to buy was made before the coming into force of Part I of this Act; and the amendment made by sub-paragraph (1A) above.'.
§ (b) in line 16, leave out 'commencement' and insert `coming into force'.—[Sir George Young.]
§ Question, That this House doth not insist on the two amendments proposed by it to the Lords amendment in page 90, line 58, put and agreed to.
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Ordered,
That a Committee be appointed to draw up a reason to be assigned to the Lords for insisting on an amendment proposed by the Commons to a Lords amendment, to which the Lords have disagreed.—[Mr. Gow.]
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Ordered,
That Mr. John Fraser, Mr. Ian Gow, Mr. Allen McKay, Mr. John Major and Sir George Young be members of the Committee.—[Mr. Gow.]
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Ordered,
That Three be the quorum of the Committee.—[Mr. Gow.]
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Ordered,
That the Committee do withdraw immediately. — [Mr. Gow.]