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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.E+WLeasehold Reform Act 19671967 CHAPTER 88An Act to enable tenants of houses held on long leases at low rents to acquire the freehold or an extended lease; to apply the Rent Acts to premises held on long leases at a rackrent, and to bring the operation of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 into conformity with the Rent Acts as so amended; to make other changes in the law in relation to premises held on long leases, including amendments of the Places of Worship (Enfranchisement) Act 1920; and for purposes connected therewith.[27th October 1967]Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1Act modified by S.I. 1990/776, arts. 2(2), 5(2)(e)Act amended (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/593, reg. 2, Sch. 1Act: certain functions transferred (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1Commencement InformationI1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 41(4)(5).Part IE+W Enfranchisement and Extension of Long LeaseholdsAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C2Pt. I (ss. 1–37) excluded by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), ss. 172, 173C3Pt. I (ss. 1–37) extended by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 174Pt. I (ss. 1-37) modified (1.4.1997) by 1985 c. 68, s. 174 (as inserted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/619, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 29)C4Pt. I extended by Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26), s. 12(1) Right to enfranchisement or extensionE+W1 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 at a low rent and,—
(i)if the tenancy was entered into before 1st April 1990 [F3, 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 [F3does 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—
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); 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 been tenant of the house under a long tenancy at a low rent F1. . . for the last [F4two years] ;
[F5(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.
[F6(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—
[F7(1A)The references in subsection (1)(a) and (b) to a long tenancy at 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.]
[F8(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 [F9being a tenant of it] at any time when—
(a)it is let to F10. . . him with other land or premises to which it is ancillary; or
[F11(b)it is comprised in—
[F12(3A)For the purposes of subsection (3) above this subsection applies as follows—
(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 [F13, 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 within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993.]
(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 [F14section 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.
[F15(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.]
[F16(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,—
[F17(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.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)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)(i)(ii) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, s. 114; S.I. 1996/2212, arts. 1(2), 2(2), Sch.F4Words 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.)F5S. 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.)F6S. 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.)F7S. 1(1A) inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 75:1), s. 18, Sch. 4 para. 3F8S. 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.)F9Words 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.)F10Words 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.)F11S. 1(3)(b) substituted (1.9.1995) by 1995 c. 8, ss. 40, 41(2), Sch. para. 22 (with s. 37)F12S. 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)F13Words 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.)F14Words substituted by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), s. 155(2), Sch. 23 para. 42F15S.1(4A) substituted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), Sch. 21 para. 2F16S. 1(5)(6) added by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 118(1)(5)F17S. 1(7) inserted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2, Sch. para. 6Marginal CitationsM11977 c. 42. M21974 c. 44. [F181A Right to enfranchisement only in case of houses whose value or rent exceeds limit under s.1 or 4.E+W(1)Where subsection (1) of section 1 above would apply in the case of the tenant of a house but for the fact that the applicable financial limit specified in subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii) or (as the case may be) subsection (5) or (6) of that section is exceeded, this Part of this Act shall have effect to confer on the tenant the same right to acquire the freehold of the house and premises as would be conferred by subsection (1) of that section if that limit were not exceeded.
(2)Where a tenancy of any property is not a tenancy at a low rent in accordance with section 4(1) below but is a tenancy falling within section 4A(1) below, the tenancy shall nevertheless be treated as a tenancy at a low rent for the purposes of this Part of this Act so far as it has effect for conferring on any person a right to acquire the freehold of a house and premises.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F18S. 1A inserted (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 63; S.I. 1993/2134, art. 5(a)[F191AA Additional right to enfranchisement only in case of houses whose rent exceeds applicable limit under section 4.E+W(1)Where—
(b)the tenancy F20. . . is not an excluded tenancy,
(b)the freehold of that house is owned together with adjoining land which is not occupied for residential purposes and has been owned together with such land since [F221st April 1997 (the date on which section 106 of the Housing Act 1996 came into force)], and
[F23(c)the tenancy either—
(ii)was granted after that date, but on or before the coming into force of section 141 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, for a term of years certain not exceeding thirty-five years.]
(5)The power to make an order under subsection (3) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F19S. 1AA inserted (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 106, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 1997/618, art. 2(1) (with Sch.)F20Words in s. 1AA(1)(b) repealed (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, ss. 141(2)(a), 180, Sch. 14; S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b), 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.)F21S. 1AA(2) repealed (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, ss. 141(2)(b), 180, Sch. 14; S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(b), 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.)F22Words in s. 1AA(3)(b) substituted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 141(3)(a); 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.)F23S. 1AA(3)(c) substituted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 141(3)(b); 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.)[1BF24Right to enfranchisement only in case of certain tenancies terminable after death or marriage.E+WWhere a tenancy granted so as to become terminable by notice after a death or marriage—
(a)is (apart from this section) a long tenancy in accordance with section 3(1) below, but
(b)was granted before 18th April 1980 or in pursuance of a contract entered into before that date,
then (notwithstanding section 3(1)) the tenancy shall be a long tenancy for the purposes of this Part of this Act only so far as this Part has effect for conferring on any person a right to acquire the freehold of a house and premises.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F24S. 1B inserted (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 64(1); S.I. 1993/2134, art 5(a)2 Meaning of “house” and “houses and premises”, and adjustment of boundary.E+W(1)For purposes of this Part of this Act, “house” includes any building designed or adapted for living in and reasonably so called, notwithstanding that the building is not structurally detached, or was or is not solely designed or adapted for living in, or is divided horizontally into flats or maisonettes; and—
(a)where a building is divided horizontally, the flats or other units into which it is so divided are not separate “houses”, though the building as a whole may be; and
(b)where a building is divided vertically the building as a whole is not a “house” though any of the units into which it is divided may be.
(3)Subject to the following provisions of this section, where in relation to a house let to F25. . . a tenant reference is made in this Part of this Act to the house and premises, the reference to premises is to be taken as referring to any garage, outhouse, garden, yard and appurtenances which at the relevant time are let to him with the house F25. . ..
(4)In relation to the exercise by a tenant of any right conferred by this Part of this Act there shall be treated as included in the house and premises any other premises let with the house and premises but not at the relevant time [F26subject to a tenancy vested in him](whether in consequence of an assignment of the term therein F25. . . or otherwise), if—
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F25Words in s. 2(3)(4) 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.)F26Words in s. 2(4) substituted (26.7.2002 for E. and 1.1.2003 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, s. 138(4), 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.)3 Meaning of “long tenancy”.E+W(1)In this Part of this Act “long tenancy” means, subject to the provisions of this section, a tenancy granted for a term of years certain exceeding twenty-one years, whether or not the tenancy is (or may become) terminable before the end of that term by notice given by or to the tenant or by re-entry, forfeiture or otherwise, and includes [F27both a tenancy taking effect under section 149(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (leases terminable after a death or marriage) and] a tenancy for a term fixed by law under a grant with a covenant or obligation for perpetual renewal unless it is a tenancy by sub-demise from one which is not a long tenancy:
Provided that a tenancy granted so as to become terminable by notice after a death or marriage is not to be treated as a long tenancy [F28if—
(2)Where the tenant of any property under a long tenancy at a low rent [F29(other than a lease excluded from the operation of this Part by section 33A of and Schedule 4A to this Act)] , on the coming to an end of that tenancy, becomes or has become tenant of the property or part of it under another tenancy (whether by express grant or by implication of law), then the later tenancy shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part of this Act, including any further application of this subsection, to be a long tenancy irrespective of its terms.
(3)Where the tenant of any property under a long tenancy, on the coming to an end of that tenancy, becomes or has become tenant of the property or part of it under another long tenancy, then in relation to the property or that part of it this Part of this Act F30. . . shall apply as if there had been a single tenancy granted for a term beginning at the same time as the term under the earlier tenancy and expiring at the same time as the term under the later tenancy.
(5)References in this Part of this Act to a long tenancy include any period during which the tenancy is or was continued under Part I or II of the M3Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 [F31under Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989] or under the M4Leasehold Property (Temporary Provisions) Act 1951.
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[F34(ii)if the tenancy [F35does not fall within paragraph (i) above,] more than £1,000 if the property is in Greater London and £250 if the property is elsewhere]:
Provided that a tenancy granted between the end of August 1939 and the beginning of April 1963 otherwise than by way of building lease (whether or not it is, by virtue of section 3(3) above, to be treated for other purposes as forming a single tenancy with a previous tenancy) shall not be regarded as a tenancy at a low rent if at the commencement of the tenancy the rent payable under the tenancy exceeded two-thirds of the letting value of the property (on the same terms).
(a)“appropriate day” means the 23rd March 1965 or such later day as by virtue of [F36section 25(3) of the M5Rent Act 1977] would be the appropriate day for purposes of that Act in relation to a dwelling-house consisting of the house in question [F37if the reference in paragraph (a) of that provision to a rateable value were to a rateable value other than nil]; and
(b)“rent” means rent reserved as such, and there shall be disregarded any part of the rent expressed to be payable in consideration of services to be provided, or of repairs, maintenance or insurance to be effected by the landlord, or to be payable in respect of the cost thereof to the landlord or a superior landlord; and
(c)there shall be disregarded any term of the tenancy providing for suspension or reduction of rent in the event of damage to property demised, or for any penal addition to the rent in the event of a contravention of or non-compliance with the terms of the tenancy or an agreement collateral thereto; and
(d)“building lease” means a lease granted in pursuance or in consideration of an agreement for the erection or the substantial re-building or reconstruction of the whole or part of the house in question or a building comprising it.
(4)For purposes of subsection (2) or (3) above a house and premises shall be taken as not including any premises which are to be or may be included under section 2(4) above in giving effect to the tenant’s claim, and as including any part which is to be or may be excluded under section 2(5) or (6).
[F38(7)Section 1(7) above applies to any amount referred to in subsection (1)(ii) above as it applies to the amount referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii) of that section.]
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