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45 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 1 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".
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(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.
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. At the end of section 6 of that Act (purchase price) there shall be added the following subsection—
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(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.".").
§ The Commons agreed to the above amendment with the following amendments:
§ 46Line 11, leave out ("In section 5(2)") and insert ("After subsection (1) of section 5").
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47Line 12, after ("buy") insert ("there shall be inserted the following subsection—
"(IA) A landlord's notice under subsection (1) above shall inform the tenant of any application for a determination under paragraph 6 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."
(I A) In subsection (2) of that section").
§ 48Line 14, leave out ("(1)") and insert ("(1A)")
§ 49Line 15, leave out ("the 1980") and insert ("that")
§ Lord BellwinMy Lords, perhaps we might take the next amendments one at a time. Amendments Nos. 46 to 49 are consequential.
§ The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Wootton of Abinger)My Lords, the noble Lord is moving Amendments Nos. 45 to 49: is that right?
§ Lord BellwinNo, my Lords; I am moving, first of all, Amendment No. 45 on its own. My Lords, I beg to move that Amendment No. 45 be agreed to.
§ Moved, That Amendment No. 45 be agreed to.—(Lord Bellwin.)
§ Lord BellwinMy Lords, Amendments Nos. 46 to 48 are consequential and therefore are not moved.
§ Amendments Nos. 46 to 48 disagreed to.
§ Lord BellwinMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 49 to Lords Amendment No. 45.
§ [Printed above.]
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment.—(Lord Bellwin.)