HC Deb 30 April 1996 vol 276 cc994-5

4.—(1) Chapter II of that Part (individual right of tenant of flat to acquire new lease) shall be amended as follows. (2) In section 39(3) (provisions of Chapter I which apply for the purposes of Chapter II), at the end of paragraph (c) there shall be inserted ", and (d) section 8A,". (3) In section 42(3) (particulars to be included in notice by qualifying tenant of claim to exercise right), in paragraph (b)(iii), there shall be inserted at the end "or, in accordance with section 8A (as that section so applies), a lease for a particularly long term". 5.—(1) In Chapter VII of that Part (general), section 94 (Crown land) shall be amended as follows. (2) In subsection (3) (disapplication of restriction imposed by section 3(2) of the Crown Estate Act 1961 on term for which lease may be granted by Crown Estate Commissioners), in paragraph (a), for "at a low rent" there shall be substituted "which is at a low rent or for a particularly long term". (3) In subsection (4) (power to shadow statutory rights), for "at a low rent" there shall be substituted "which is at a low rent or for a particularly long term". (4) For subsection (12) there shall be substituted— "(12) For the purposes of this section "long lease which is at a low rent or for a particularly long term" shall be construed in accordance with sections 7. 8 and 8A.".'—[Mr. Gummer.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.