Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/88/section/1
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 03:20:11
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1 Tenants entitled to enfranchisement or extension.E+W
(1)This Part of this Act shall have effect to confer on a tenant of a leasehold house F1. . . a right to acquire on fair terms the freehold or an extended lease of the house and premises where—
[F2(a)his tenancy is a long tenancy [F3at a low rent] and,—
(i)if the tenancy was entered into before 1st April 1990 [F4, or on or after 1st April 1990 in pursuance of a contract made before that date, and the house and premises had a rateable value at the date of commencement of the tenancy or else at any time before 1st April 1990,] subject to subsections (5) and (6) below, the rateable value of the house and premises on the appropriate day was not more than £200 or, if it is in Greater London, than £400; and
(ii)if the tenancy [F4does not fall within sub-paragraph (i) above,] on the date the contract for the grant of the tenancy was made or, if there was no such contract, on the date the tenancy was entered into R did not exceed £25,000 under the formula—
P is the premium payable as a condition of the grant of the tenancy (and includes a payment of money’s worth) or, where no premium is so payable, zero,
I is 0.06, and
T is the term, expressed in years, granted by the tenancy (disregarding any right to terminate the tenancy before the end of the term or to extend the tenancy);
[F5(aa)in the case of a right to acquire an extended lease, his long tenancy is a tenancy at a low rent;] and ]
(b)at the relevant time (that is to say, at the time when he gives notice in accordance with this Act of his desire to have the freehold or to have an extended lease, as the case may be) he has [F6—
(ii)in the case of a right to acquire an extended lease,] been tenant of the house under a long tenancy at a low rent F1. . . for the last [F7two years];
[F8(1ZA)Where a house is for the time being let under two or more tenancies, a tenant under any of those tenancies which is superior to that held by any tenant on whom this Part of this Act confers a right does not have any right under this Part of this Act.
(b)for periods amounting to two years in the last ten years.]
[F9(1ZC)The references in subsection (1)(a) and (b) to a long tenancy do not include a tenancy to which Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (business tenancies) applies unless—
(c)it is a tenancy taking effect under section 149(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) (leases terminable after a death or marriage [F10or the formation of a civil partnership]), or
(1ZD)Where this Part of this Act applies as if there were a single tenancy of property comprised in two or more separate tenancies, then, if each of the separate tenancies falls within any of the paragraphs of subsection (1ZC) above, that subsection shall apply as if the single tenancy did so.]
[F11(1A)The references in [F12subsection (1)(a) and (b)] [F12subsection (1)] to a long tenancy [F13at a low rent] do not include a tenancy excluded from the operation of this Part by section 33A of and Schedule 4A to this Act.]
[F14(1B)This Part of this Act shall not have effect to confer any right on the tenant of a house under a tenancy to which Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56) (business tenancies) applies unless, at the relevant time, the tenant has been occupying the house, or any part of it, as his only or main residence (whether or not he has been using it for other purposes)—
(3)This Part of this Act shall not confer on the tenant of a house any right by reference to his [F15being a tenant of it] at any time when—
(a)it is let to F16. . . him with other land or premises to which it is ancillary; or
[F17(b)it is comprised in—
(ii)the holding held under a farm business tenancy within the meaning of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.]
[F18(3A)For the purposes of subsection (3) above this subsection applies as follows—
(a)where the tenancy was created after the commencement of Chapter III of Part I of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, this subsection applies to any right to acquire the freehold of the house and premises; but
(b)where the tenancy was created before that commencement, this subsection applies only to any such right exercisable by virtue of any one or more of the provisions of sections 1A [F19[F20, 1AA]]] and 1B below;
and in that subsection “charitable housing trust” means a housing trust within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985 which is a charity F21....
(4)In subsection (1)(a) above, “the appropriate day”, in relation to any house and premises, means the 23rd March 1965 or such later day as by virtue of [F22section 25(3) of the M1Rent Act 1977] would be the appropriate day for purposes of that Act in relation to a dwelling house consisting of that house.
[F23(4A)Schedule 8 to the M2Housing Act 1974 shall have effect to enable a tenant to have the rateable value of the house and premises reduced for purposes of this section in consequence of tenant’s improvements.]
[F24(5)If, in relation to any house and premises, the appropriate day for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above falls on or after 1st April 1973 that subsection shall have effect in relation to the house and premises,—
(a)in a case where the tenancy was created on or before 18th February 1966, as if for the sums of £200 and £400 specified in that subsection there were substituted respectively the sums of £750 and £1,500; and
(b)in a case where the tenancy was created after 18th February 1966, as if for those sums of £200 and £400 there were substituted respectively the sums of £500 and £1,000.
(6)If, in relation to any house and premises,—
(a)the appropriate day for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above falls before 1st April 1973, and
(b)the rateable value of the house and premises on the appropriate day was more than £200 or, if it was then in Greater London, £400, and
(c)the tenancy was created on or before 18th February 1966,
subsection (1)(a) above shall have effect in relation to the house and premises as if for the reference to the appropriate day there were substituted a reference to 1st April 1973 and as if for the sums of £200 and £400 specified in that subsection there were substituted respectively the sums of £750 and £1,500.]
[F25(7)The Secretary of State may by order replace the amount referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii) above and the number in the definition of “I” in that subsection by such amount or number as is specified in the order; and such an order shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]
F1Words in s. 1(1) repealed (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, ss. 138(1), 180, Sch. 14; S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(ii), Sch. 1 Pt. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.); S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b), Sch. 1 Pt. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.)
F2S. 1(1)(a) substituted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2, Sch. para. 5 (as amended by S.I. 1990/701, reg. 2)
F3Words in s. 1(1)(a) repealed (7.9.2009 for E.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 300(1)(a), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(a)(c) (with art. 3(1)(2))
F4Words in s. 1(1)(a)(i)(ii) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 114; S.I. 1996/2212, arts. 1(2), 2(2), Sch.
F5 S. 1(1)(aa) inserted (7.9.2009 for E.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 300(1)(b), 325(1); S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 3(1)(2))
F6 Words in s. 1(1)(b) inserted (7.9.2009 for E.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 300(1)(c), 325(1); S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 3(1)(2))
F7Words in s. 1(1)(b) substituted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 139(1); S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.); S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.)
F8S. 1(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 138(2); S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.); S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.)
F9S. 1(1ZC)(1ZD) inserted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 140; S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.); S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.)
F10Words in s. 1(1ZC)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 3; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F11S. 1(1A) inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 75:1), s. 18, Sch. 4 para. 3
F12Words in s. 1(1A) substituted (7.9.2009 for E.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 300(2)(a)(i), 325(1); S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 3(1)(2))
F13Words in s. 1(1A) repealed (7.9.2009 for E.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 300(2)(a)(ii), 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(a)(c) (with art. 3(1)(2))
F14S. 1(1B) inserted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 139(2); S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.); S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.)
F15Words in s. 1(3) substituted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 138(3); S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.); S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.)
F16Words in s. 1(3)(a) repealed (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 180, Sch. 14; S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b)(ii), Sch. 1 Pt. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.); S.I. 2002/3012, art. 2(b)(ii), Sch. 1 Pt. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 of the commencing S.I.)
F17S. 1(3)(b) substituted (1.9.1995) by 1995 c. 8, ss. 40, 41(2), Sch. para. 22 (with s. 37)
F18S. 1(3A) inserted (1.11.1993 subject as mentioned in S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 4, 5, Sch. 1 para. 1) by 1993 c. 28, s. 67(3); S.I. 1993/2134, art 5(b)
F19Words in S. 1(3A)(b) inserted (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 106, Sch. 9 para. 2(1)(2); S.I. 1997/618, art. 2(1) (with Sch.)
F20Words in s. 1(3A)(b) repealed (7.9.2009 for E.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 16; S.I. 2009/2096, art. 2(2)(a)(c) (with art. 3(1)(2))
F21Words in s. 1(3A) omitted (14.3.2012 immediately before the Charities Act 2011 (c. 25) comes into force) by virtue of The Charities (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1396), art. 1, Sch. para. 37(1)(2)(a)
F22Words substituted by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), s. 155(2), Sch. 23 para. 42
F23S.1(4A) substituted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), Sch. 21 para. 2
F24S. 1(5)(6) added by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 118(1)(5)
F25S. 1(7) inserted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2, Sch. para. 6
M21974 c. 44.