Leasehold Reform Act 1967

• (b) if he knows who is, or believes himself to be, the person designated as the reversioner by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act, shall give written notice to the claimant stating who is thought by him to be the reversioner, and shall serve copies of it on all persons known or believed by him to have an interest superior to the claimant’s tenancy.

• (3) Any person who fails without reasonable cause to comply with sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above, or is guilty of any unreasonable delay in doing so, shall be liable for any loss thereby occasioned to the claimant or to any person having an interest superior to the claimant’s tenancy.

• (4) In this paragraph references to an interest superior to the claimant’s tenancy mean the estate in fee simple and any tenancy superior to the claimant’s tenancy, but shall apply also to a tenancy reversionary on the claimant’s tenancy.

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• (1) Where the interest of a landlord is subject to a charge, and the person entitled to the benefit of the charge is in possession or a receiver appointed by him or by the court is in receipt of the rents and profits, a notice by a tenant of his desire to have the freehold or an extended lease under Part I of this Act shall be duly given if served either on the landlord or on that person or any such receiver; but the landlord or that person, if not the recipient of the notice, shall forthwith be sent the notice or a copy of it by the recipient:

• (2) Where a tenant of a house gives notice of his desire to have the freehold or an extended lease under Part I of this Act, and the interest of the person to whom the notice is given, or of any person receiving a copy of it under paragraph 8 above, is subject to a charge to secure the payment of money, then subject to sub-paragraph (3) below the recipient of the notice or copy shall forthwith inform the person entitled to the benefit of the charge (unless the notice was served on him or a receiver appointed by virtue of the charge) that the notice has been given, and shall give him such further information as may from time to time be reasonably required from the recipient by him.

• (3) References in sub-paragraph (2) above to a charge shall not include a charge falling within section 11 of this Act or a debenture-holders’ charge within the meaning of section 12(5) of this Act.

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• (1) This paragraph shall have effect in relation to a landlord’s notice terminating a tenancy of a house under section 4 or 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 or under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 if—

• (a) no previous notice terminating the tenancy has been given under any of those provisions; and

• (b) in the case of a notice under section 25, the tenancy is a long tenancy at a low rent, and the tenant is not a company or other artificial person.

• (2) The landlord’s notice shall not have effect unless it states—

• (a) that, if the tenant has a right under Part I of this Act to acquire the freehold or an extended lease of property comprised in the tenancy, notice of his desire to have the freehold or an extended lease cannot be given more than two months after the service of the landlord’s notice; and

• (b) that, in the event of a tenant having that right and giving such a notice within those two months, the landlord’s notice will not operate; and

• (c) that, in the event of the tenant giving such a notice within those two months, the landlord will be entitled to apply to the court under section 17 or 18 of this Act and proposes to do so or, as the case may be, will not be entitled or does not propose to do so.

• (2A) If the landlord’s notice is under section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, sub-paragraph (2) above shall effect in relation to it as if in paragraph (b), after the word “operate” there were inserted the words “and no further proceedings may be taken by him under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.”

• (3) The landlord shall also in the notice give the names and addresses of any other persons known or believed by him to have an interest superior to the tenancy terminated by the notice or to be the agent concerned with the property on behalf of a person having such an interest; and for this purpose “an interest superior to the tenancy terminated by the notice” means the estate in fee simple and any tenancy superior to that tenancy, but includes also a tenancy reversionary on that tenancy.

• (4) Where a tenant’s notice of his desire to have the freehold or an extended lease of a house and premises under Part I of this Act is given after the service of a landlord’s notice terminating the tenancy under section 4 or section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 or under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, and the landlord’s notice does not comply with sub-paragraph (2) above, no application made under section 17 or 18 of this Act with respect to the house and premises by the landlord giving the notice shall be entertained by the court (other than an application under section 17 after the grant of an extended lease).

• (5) This paragraph shall not apply, . . ., to a landlord’s notice given before the appointed day.

SCHEDULE 4

Part I — Operation and Enforcement of Covenants

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• (1) A covenant entered into in accordance with section 29 or 30 of this Act (in this Part of this Schedule referred to as “a relevant covenant”) shall not be enforceable by any means other than those provided by paragraphs 2 and 3 below.

• (2) A relevant covenant affecting land other than registered land—

• (a) may be registered under section 2 of the Land Charges Act 1972 as a restrictive covenant, if apart from this sub-paragraph it would not be registrable under that section as a restrictive covenant or as an estate contract; and

• (b) subject to section 4 of that Act, shall be binding upon every successor of the covenantor, if apart from this sub-paragraph it would not be binding upon every such successor.

• (3) Where a relevant covenant affects registered land,—

• (a) the covenant may be the subject of a notice in the register of title kept under the Land Registration Act 2002, if apart from this subsection it would not be capable of being the subject of such a notice; and

• (b) where a notice in respect of the covenant has been entered in that register, it shall be binding upon every successor of the convenantor, if apart from this subsection it would not be binding upon every such successor.

• (4) In sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above “successor of the covenantor”, in relation to the covenants entered into on any disposition, means a person, other than the covenantor, who is for the time being entitled—

• (a) to the interest disposed of, either in the whole or in part of the property comprised in the disposition; or

• (b) to an interest consisting of a tenancy (whether of the whole or of part of that property) which has been created (directly or indirectly) out of the interest disposed of.

• (5) Section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (power to discharge or modify restrictive covenants affecting land) shall not have effect in relation to any relevant covenant.

• (6) The rule against perpetuities and any enactment relating to that rule shall not apply to any right conferred by, or exercisable in relation to, a relevant covenant, if apart from this sub-paragraph it would apply to any such right.

• (7) Where any such interest as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(a) or (b) above is acquired (whether compulsorily or by agreement) by an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (including any government department), nothing in the enactment which authorises that acquisition, or in any other enactment conferring powers on that authority, shall be construed as relieving that authority from the obligation to comply with any relevant covenant to which that interest remains subject; but the rights of the covenantee shall for purposes of any such acquisition be treated as an interest in the land affected, and as capable of being, and liable to be, extinguished by being compulsorily acquired in like manner and subject to the like conditions as other interests of the covenantee would be.

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• (1) Where it appears to a local authority that a relevant covenant entered into on a disposition by that authority has been broken, the authority may serve written notice under this paragraph on any one or more of the following persons, that is to say—

• (a) any person for the time being entitled to the interest disposed of either in the whole or in part of the land comprised in the disposition (in this paragraph referred to as “the land under covenant”); and

• (b) any person entitled to an interest consisting of a tenancy (whether of the whole or of part of the land under covenant) which has been created (directly or indirectly) out of the interest disposed of.

• (2) A notice served on any person under sub-paragraph (1) above shall—

• (a) specify the covenant and the matters in respect of which it is alleged by the authority that the covenant has been broken; and

• (b) state that, after the end of such period (not being less than six weeks from the date of service of the notice) as may be specified in the notice, the authority propose to execute a vesting declaration under paragraph 3 below in respect of that person’s interest in the land under covenant unless before the end of that period he serves on the authority a counter-notice under sub-paragraph (3) below.

• (3) Any person on whom a notice is served under sub-paragraph (1) above may, before the end of the period specified in the notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b) serve on the authority a counter-notice in writing objecting to the notice on such one or more of the following grounds as may be specified in the counter-notice, that is to say—

• (a) that the relevant covenant specified in the notice under sub-paragraph (1) above has not been broken as alleged in the notice;

• (b) that, if that covenant has been so broken, the breach does not relate to any part of the land under covenant in which the person serving the counter-notice has an interest;

• (c) that in the circumstances he ought to be relieved against the execution of a vesting declaration under paragraph 3 below in respect of his interest.

• (4) Where a person has served a counter-notice under sub-paragraph (3) above and that counter-notice has not been withdrawn, the authority shall not execute a vesting declaration under paragraph 3 below in respect of his interest except with the leave of the court; and on any application for such leave—

• (a) where the grounds of objection specified in the counter-notice consist of or include that which is specified in sub-paragraph (3)(a) or (b) above, the court shall not grant leave unless satisfied that the objection on that ground is not well-founded; and

• (b) without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, where the grounds of objection specified in the counter-notice consist of or include that which is specified in sub-paragraph (3)(c) above, the court, if having regard to the conduct of the parties and to all the other circumstances it appears to the court to be just and equitable to do so, may refuse to grant leave, either unconditionally or on such terms (as to costs, damages or otherwise) as the court think fit.

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• (1) Where a local authority have served on any person a notice under paragraph 2 above in respect of such an interest as is mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(a) or (b), then subject to paragraph 2(4) above and to the provisions of any order made under it, the authority may execute a vesting declaration under this paragraph in respect of that interest—

• (a) at any time within the six months following the end of the period specified in the notice in accordance with paragraph 2(2)(b), if no counter-notice under paragraph 2(3) is served before the end of that period; or

• (b) if such a counter-notice is so served but is withdrawn, at any time within the six months following the withdrawal of the counter-notice; or

• (c) if such a counter-notice is so served and is not withdrawn, at any time within the six months following the time when the order giving leave under paragraph 2(4) becomes final.3

• (2) A vesting declaration under this paragraph in respect of an interest in land shall be in such form as may be prescribed by regulations made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State.

• (3) Where a vesting declaration is executed under this paragraph the interest to which it relates shall vest in the authority on such date as is specified in that behalf in the declaration.

• (4) Any reference in the Land Compensation Act 1961 to the compulsory acquisition of land, or of an interest in land, shall be construed as including a reference to the execution of a vesting declaration under this paragraph in respect of an interest in land; and that Act shall apply in relation to the execution of such a declaration as if the authority, having been duly authorised to acquire that interest compulsorily in accordance with the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, had served notice to treat in respect of that interest on the date of execution of the declaration.

• (5) In assessing compensation in accordance with the Land Compensation Act 1961 in respect of an interest in land vested in a local authority by a vesting declaration under this paragraph—

• (a) nothing shall be included for damage sustained by reason that the land in which the interest subsists is severed from other land held therewith, or for disturbance or any other matter not directly based on the value of land or of an interest in land; and

• (b) in a case where immediately before the execution of the declaration the interest is subject to a right of pre-emption under a covenant entered into in accordance with section 30(1)(b) of this Act, no account shall be taken of any diminution of the value of the interest which is attributable to that right.

Part II — Re-acquisition for Development by Welsh new towns residuary body or University Body

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Where a tenant of a house and premises acquires the freehold under Part I of this Act subject to a covenant entered into under section 29(1) with the Welsh new towns residuary body, and the property or any part of it is afterwards required for development for purposes (other than investment purposes) of that body, the body may ... acquire the property or that part of it compulsorily; and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to a compulsory purchase under this paragraph.

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• (1) Where a tenant of a house and premises acquires the freehold under Part I of this Act subject to a covenant entered into under section 29(1) with a university body, and the property or any part of it is afterwards required for development for the purposes (other than investment purposes) of that or a related university body, the Secretary of State for Education and Science may at the cost and on behalf of the university body for which it is required acquire the property or that part of it by compulsory purchase.

• (2) The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to a compulsory purchase under this paragraph.

• (3) For purposes of this paragraph a university and the colleges of that university (within the meaning of section 28(5)(c) of this Act) are university bodies related to one another.

SCHEDULE 5

Consequential amendments of Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

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In Schedule 3 to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, paragraph 1 shall be amended as follows:—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (e) (under which a landlord may claim possession of premises as a residence for himself or certain members of his family) after the word “mother” there shall be inserted the words “or the father or mother of his spouse”; and

• (b) in proviso (a) (under which a landlord cannot claim possession of premises as a residence for himself or his family unless his interest ante-dated the date there mentioned) for the words “the 21st November 1950” there shall be substituted the words “the 18th February 1966” (in place of the words “the 7th November 1956” substituted by the Rent Act 1957).

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The following provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall have effect as if the amendments and repeals made in them by the Rent Act 1957 in consequence of the passing of section 21 of that Act had not been made, that is to say,—

• (a) section 2 (the words “at a low rent” being re-inserted in subsections (1), (2) and (3) after the words “long tenancy” and the words “if the tenancy had not been one at a low rent” being restored in place of the words “if the tenancy had not been a long tenancy and (in the case of a tenancy at a low rent) had not been a tenancy at a low rent”);

• (b) section 3(3) (the words “if the tenancy in question were not one at a low rent” being restored in place of the words “if the tenancy in question were not a long tenancy and (in the case of a tenancy at a low rent) were not a tenancy at a low rent”);

• (c) section 12(2)(a) and (b) (the words “if the tenancy were not one at a low rent” being in each case restored in place of the words “if the tenancy were not a long tenancy and (in the case of a tenancy at a low rent) were not a tenancy at a low rent”);

• (d) section 18(1) (the words “at a low rent” being re-inserted after the words “long tenancy” where first occurring);

• (e) section 19(1) (the words “at a low rent” being re-inserted after the word “tenancy”, where first occuring, and after the words “another tenancy”, and there being omitted the words “and the second tenancy is a tenancy at a low rent”).

Regulated tenancies

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• (1) The amount of the rent payable under a regulated tenancy arising by virtue of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 shall, subject to the provisions of that Act as to initial repairs and subject to the operation (as regards the fixing of a fair rent and otherwise) of the Rent Act 1977, be such amount as may be agreed between the landlord and the tenant or, in default of agreement, the same amount as the rent last payable under the long tenancy; . . .

• (2) Where the rent payable under a statutory tenancy is arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above, then the Rent Act 1977 shall apply with the following adaptations:—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) section 45(2) (under which the rent payable for a statutory period of a tenancy is not to exceed that payable for the last contractual period) shall not apply;

• (c) sections 46 to 48 (which provide for variations of rent in respect of changes in the burden on the landlord for rates, provision of services etc.) shall apply only if the rent is one arrived at by agreement, and shall then apply as if references to the last contractual period were references to the first statutory period.

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• (1) In relation to a rent registered or to be registered for a dwelling-house on an application made with reference to a regulated tenancy arising by virtue of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, the Rent Act 1977 shall have effect subject to the provisions of this paragraph.

• (2) An application for the registration of a rent may be made by the landlord or the tenant, or jointly by the landlord and the tenant, before the commencement of the statutory tenancy, but not before the terms of that tenancy other than the amount of the rent have been agreed or determined in accordance with section 7 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954; and the provisions of the Rent Act 1977 (including the provisions of section 72 as to the date from which the registration takes effect) shall apply accordingly.

• (3) Where a rent is registered in pursuance of an application made by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above, then a notice under section 45(2)(b) of the Rent Act 1977 increasing the rent payable may, if the notice is given within four weeks after the date on which the rent is registered, specify as the date from which the increase is to take effect any date not earlier than the commencement of the tenancy nor earlier than the date from which the registration takes effect.

• (4) Where initial repairs (within the meaning of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954) remain to be carried out to the dwelling-house, then in determining what rent is or would be a fair rent regard shall be had under section 70(1) of the Rent Act 1977 to the state of repair which may be expected to subsist after the completion of the initial repairs.

• (5) The provisions of the Rent Act 1977 as to the amount of the rent recoverable shall be taken as applying to the amount before account is taken of the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 as to initial repairs.

• (6) Any entry in the register of a rent or of its confirmation by the rent assessment committee shall indicate that the rent is registered on an application made with reference to a statutory tenancy arising by virtue of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

Transitional

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In relation to a tenancy to which section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies immediately before the date of coming into operation of section 39 of this Act (in this and the following paragraphs referred to as “the operative date”), section 39 of this Act and paragraphs 1 to 4 above, together with the repeals made by Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act, shall not have effect if at the operative date there is in force a landlord’s notice proposing a statutory tenancy and all the terms of the tenancy have been agreed or determined in accordance with section 7 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 or an application for securing their determination by the court has been made.

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• (1) Subject to paragraph 7(1) below, where at the operative date (within the meaning of paragraph 5 above) a tenancy is continuing by virtue of section 3 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, section 39 of this Act and paragraphs 1 to 4 above, together with the repeals made by Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act, shall apply to the tenancy only to the extent provided for by this paragraph.

• (2) Where at the operative date no notice under section 4 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 terminating the tenancy is in force, Part I or, as the case may be, Part II of that Act shall apply as it would apply if the term date of the tenancy (within the meaning of Part I) had fallen on the operative date and if, in the case of a tenancy not at a low rent, it had been one at a low rent.

• (3) Where at the operative date there is in force a landlord’s notice proposing a statutory tenancy, sub-paragraph (2) above shall apply as it applies in a case where there is no such notice, unless either—

• (a) all the terms of the tenancy have been agreed or determined in accordance with section 7 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 or an application for securing their determination by the court has been made; or

• (b) Part II of that Act would in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) above apply to the tenancy.

• (4) Where a landlord’s notice terminating the tenancy is in force at the operative date, and the notice ceases to have effect without the tenancy being terminated or a statutory tenancy arising, then sub-paragraph (2) above shall thereafter apply as it applies in a case where there is no such notice.

• (5) Where a statutory tenancy arises by virtue of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 as it applies in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) above the Rent Act 1977 shall have effect in relation to the statutory tenancy accordingly.

• (6) Nothing in section 39 of this Act or in sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) above shall affect the operation of any notice given by a tenant under section 5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 to terminate the tenancy, if the notice is given while section 1 of the Act applies to the tenancy.

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• (1) This paragraph shall have effect in relation to tenancies of the following description, except where paragraph 5 above applies, and paragraph 6 shall not have effect in relation to them, that is to say, tenancies—

• (a) to which section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies immediately before the operative date (within the meaning of paragraph 5 above); but

• (b) to which in accordance with section 39 of this Act section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 can no longer apply because the rateable value of the dwelling-house on the appropriate day for purposes of the Rent Act 1977 exceeds the amount specified in section 1(1) of that Act.

• (2) Where, on section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ceasing by virtue of section 39 of this Act to apply to any such tenancy, Part II of that Act would not become applicable to it, then, if the term date falls or fell before the operative date or within the three months beginning with the operative date, the tenancy shall continue until the expiration of those three months unless sooner determined by a notice given by the tenant in accordance with section 5(1) or (2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 or by a landlord’s notice to resume possession given before the operative date.

• (3) Where, on section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ceasing by virtue of section 39 of this Act to apply to any such tenancy, Part II of that Act would become applicable to it, section 39 of this Act and paragraphs 1 to 4 above, together with the repeals made by Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act, shall not have effect in relation to the tenancy if at the operative date there is in force a landlord’s notice to resume possession, or there is in force a notice given by the tenant in accordance with section 5(1) or (2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 to terminate the tenancy on a date within the three months beginning with the operative date:

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• (1) Where a statutory tenancy has by virtue of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 arisen before the operative date (within the meaning of paragraph 5 above), the operation of Part I of that Act in relation to the tenancy shall not be affected by section 39 of this Act and paragraphs 2 to 4 above, or the repeals made by Part I of Schedule 7 to this Act, except as provided by sub-paragraph (2) below.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Supplementary

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• (1) Section 74(2) of the Rent Act 1977 (which confers power by regulations to modify certain provisions of Part IV of that Act) shall apply also to this Schedule in so far as it affects section 67 or 72 of, or Schedule 11 to, that Act.

• (2) In so far as they relate to the Rent Act 1977, section 39 of this Act and this Schedule shall have effect subject to section 153 of that Act (which confers power to adapt the Act in its application to the Isles of Scilly) as if those provisions of this Act were contained in that Act.

SCHEDULE 6

Right of persons holding leasehold interest in place of worship or minister's house to acquire freehold.

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• (1) Where premises held under a lease to which this Act applies are held upon trust to be used for the purposes of a place of worship or, connexion with a place of worship, for the purpose of a minister’s house, whether in conjunction with other purposes or not, and the premises are being used in accordance with the terms of the trust, the trustees, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary (not being an agreement against the enlargement of the leasehold interest into a freehold contained in a lease granted or made before the passing of this Act), shall have the right as incident to their leasehold interest to enlarge that interest into a fee simple, and for that purpose to acquire the freehold and all intermediate reversions :

• (a) if the premises exceed two acres in extent, the trustees shall not be entitled to exercise the right in respect of more than two acres there of ; and

• (aa) where the person entitled to the freehold or an intermediate reversion requires that underlying minerals be excepted, the trustees shall not be entitled to acquire his interest in the minerals if proper provision is made for the support of the premises as they have been enjoyed during the lease and in accordance with the terms of the lease and of the trust ; and

• (b) this Act shall not apply where the premises are used or propsed to be used for the purposes of a place of worship in contravention of any covenant contained in the lease under which the premises are held or in any lease superior thereto ; and

• (c) this Act shall not apply where the premises form part of land which has been acquired by or is vested in any municipal, loacl or rating authority or in the owners thereof for the purposes of a railway, dock, canal or navigation under any Act of Parliament, Provisional Order or Order having the force of an Act of Parliament and the freehold reversion in the premises is held or retained by such owners for those purposes.

• (1A) Where the residence house of a benefice is held by hte incumbent under a lease to which this Act applies, this Act shall have effect (with any necessary modifications) in relation to the enlargement of the incumbent’s leasehold interest into a fee simple, and in relation to the estate so acquired, as it would have effect if the residence house were vested for that interest in trustees ; and the powers and provisions of the Parsonages Measure 1938 (as amended by any subsequent enactment) relating to the purchase of houses for parsonages shall apply for and in relation to the acquisition under this Act of the freehold reversion.

• (2) The lease to which this Act applies are leases (including underleases and agreements for leases or underleases), whether granted or made before the passing of this Act, for lives or a life or for a term of years where the term as originally created was a term of not less than twenty-one years, whether determinable on a life a lives or not.

Procedure for acquisition of reversionary interests.

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For the purpose of acquiring such reversionary interests as aforesaid, Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 shall apply as if the trustees were an authority authoritised to acquire the premises by virtue of a compulsory purchase order, made under the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 ; but in relation to any acquisition under this Act the following provisions shall have effect :—

• (a) in Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 section 4 (time limit for acquisition) shall not apply, and for the purposes of the said Part I “land” shall include easements in or relating to land ;

• (b) the consideration payable in respect of any intermediate reversion may, at the option of the person entitled to that reversion, be an annual rentcharge for a term corresponding to the unexpired residue of the term of the reversion ;

• (c) in determining the amount of any compensation the value of any buildings erected or improvement made by the trustees, shall be excluded ;

• (d) no allowance shall be made on account of the acquisition being compulsory ;

• (e) in determining the amount of compensation in any case where the rent reserved under the lease is less than the full annual value of the land the compensation, so far as it is payable in respect of the interest of the lessor expectant on the expiration of the term of the lease, shall not be ascertained on the basis of the rent so reserved, but, subject always to the foregoing provisions of this section, on the estimated full value of the land at the expiration of the term of the lease.

Effect of enfranchisement on covenants.

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The estate in fee simlpe acquired by the trustees shall be held by them upon the same trusts as those upon which the leasehold interest would have been held by them if it had not been enlarged in to a fee simple, and shall be subject to all the same convenants and provisions relating to user and enjoyment and to all the same obligations of every kind other than the payment of rent as those to which the leasehold interest would have been subject if it had not been so enlarged, and all such convenants, provisions, and obligations shall be enforceable against the trustees and their successors in title by the persons who, but for the enlargement of the leasehold interest under this Act, would for the time being have been entitled to enforce such convenants, provisions, or obligations :

Definitions.

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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

Short title and extent.

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• (1) This Act may be cited as the PLaces of Worship (Enfranchisement) Act 1920.

• (2) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

SCHEDULE 7

Part I — Repeals arising out of section 39 of this Act

Repeals arising out of section 39 of this Act

Part II — Repeals arising out of section 40 of this Act

Repeals arising out of section 40 of this Act

Tenants entitled to enfranchisement or extension.

Right to enfranchisement only in case of houses whose value or rent exceeds limit under s.1 or 4.

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• (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.

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• (1) Where—

• (a) section 1(1) above would apply in the case of the tenant of a house but for the fact that the tenancy is not a tenancy at a low rent, and

• (b) the tenancy . . . is not an excluded tenancy,

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 section 1(1) above if it were a tenancy at a low rent.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) A tenancy is an excluded tenancy for the purposes of subsection (1) above if—

• (a) the house which the tenant occupies under the tenancy is in an area designated for the purposes of this provision as a rural area by order made by the Secretary of State,

• (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 1st April 1997 (the date on which section 106 of the Housing Act 1996 came into force), and

• (c) the tenancy either—

• (i) was granted on or before that date, or

• (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.

• (4) 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 subsection (2) above, this section shall apply as if the single tenancy did so.

• (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.

1B

Where a tenancy granted so as to become terminable by notice after a death, a marriage or the formation of a civil partnership —

• (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.

4A

• (1) For the purposes of section 1A(2) above a tenancy of any property falls within this subsection if either no rent was payable under it in respect of the property during the initial year or the aggregate amount of rent so payable during that year did not exceed the following amount, namely—

• (a) where the tenancy was entered into before 1st April 1963, two-thirds of the letting value of the property (on the same terms) on the date of the commencement of the tenancy;

• (b) where—

• (i) the tenancy was entered into either on or after 1st April 1963 but before 1st April 1990, or on or after 1st April 1990 in pursuance of a contract made before that date, and

• (ii) the property had a rateable value other than nil at the date of commencement of the tenancy or else at any time before 1st April 1990,

two-thirds of the rateable value of the property on the relevant date; or

• (c) in any other case, £1,000 if the property is in Greater London or £250 if elsewhere.

• (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above—

• (a) “the initial year”, in relation to any tenancy, means the period of one year beginning with the date of the commencement of the tenancy;

• (b) “the relevant date” means the date of the commencement of the tenancy or, if the property did not have a rateable value, or had a rateable value of nil, on that date, the date on which it first had a rateable value other than nil;

• (c) paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 4(1) above shall apply as they apply for the purposes of section 4(1);

and it is hereby declared that in subsection (1) above the reference to the letting value of any property is to be construed in like manner as the reference in similar terms which appears in the proviso to section 4(1) above.

• (3) Section 1(7) above applies to any amount referred to in subsection (1)(c) above as it applies to the amount referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii) of that section.

6A

• (1) Where a tenant of a house dies and, immediately before his death, he had under this Part of this Act—

• (a) the right to acquire the freehold, or

• (b) the right to an extended lease,

the right is exercisable by his personal representatives while the tenancy is vested in them (but subject to subsection (2) below); and, accordingly, in such a case references in this Part of this Act to the tenant shall, in so far as the context permits, be to the personal representatives.

• (2) The personal representatives of a tenant may not give notice of their desire to have the freehold or an extended lease by virtue of subsection (1) above later than two years after the grant of probate or letters of administration.

9A

• (1) If, in a case where the right to acquire the freehold of a house and premises arises by virtue of any one or more of the provisions of sections 1A , 1AA and 1B above or where the tenancy of the house and premises has been extended under section 14 below and the notice under section 8(1) above was given (whether by the tenant or a sub-tenant) after the original term date of the tenancy, the landlord will suffer any loss or damage to which this section applies, there shall be payable to him such amount as is reasonable to compensate him for that loss or damage.

• (2) This section applies to—

• (a) any diminution in value of any interest of the landlord in other property resulting from the acquisition of his interest in the house and premises; and

• (b) any other loss or damage which results therefrom to the extent that it is referable to his ownership of any interest in other property.

• (3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) above, the kinds of loss falling within that paragraph include loss of development value in relation to the house and premises to the extent that it is referable as mentioned in that paragraph.

• (4) In subsection (3) above “development value”, in relation to the house and premises, means any increase in the value of the landlord’s interest in the house and premises which is attributable to the possibility of demolishing, reconstructing, or carrying out substantial works of construction on, the whole or a substantial part of the house and premises.

• (5) In relation to any case falling within subsection (1) above—

• (a) any reference (however expressed)—

• (i) in section 8 or 9(3) or (5) above, or

• (ii) in any of the following provisions of this Act,

to the price payable under section 9 above shall be construed as including a reference to any amount payable to the landlord under this section; and

• (b) for the purpose of determining any such separate price as is mentioned in paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act, this section shall accordingly apply (with any necessary modifications) to each of the superior interests in question.

27A

• (1) This section applies where, on or after 15th January 1999—

• (a) a tenant of any property makes a claim to acquire the freehold or an extended lease of it, and

• (b) the claim is not made at least two years before the term date of the tenancy in respect of which the claim is made (“the existing tenancy”).

• (2) The tenant shall be liable to pay compensation if the claim is not effective and—

• (a) the making of the claim caused a notice served under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 to cease to have effect and the date on which the claim ceases to have effect is later than four months before the termination date specified in the notice,

• (b) the making of the claim prevented the service of an effective notice under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (but did not cause a notice served under that provision to cease to have effect) and the date on which the claim ceases to have effect is a date later than six months before the term date of the tenancy, or

• (c) the existing tenancy is continued under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to this Act by virtue of the claim.

• (3) Compensation under subsection (2) above shall become payable at the end of the appropriate period and be the right of the person who is the tenant’s immediate landlord at that time.

• (4) The amount which the tenant is liable to pay under subsection (2) above shall be equal to the difference between—

• (a) the rent for the appropriate period under the existing tenancy, and

• (b) the rent which might reasonably be expected to be payable for that period were the property to which the existing tenancy relates let for a term equivalent to that period on the open market by a willing landlord on the following assumptions—

• (i) that no premium is payable in connection with the letting,

• (ii) that the letting confers no security of tenure, and

• (iii) that, except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, the letting is on the same terms as the existing tenancy.

• (5) For the purposes of subsection (2) above, a claim to acquire the freehold or an extended lease is not effective if it ceases to have effect for any reason other than—

• (a) the acquisition in pursuance of the claim of the interest to which it relates, or

• (b) the lapsing of the claim under any provision of this Act excluding the tenant’s liability for costs.

• (6) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) above, the appropriate period is—

• (a) in a case falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (2) above, the period—

• (i) beginning with the termination date specified in the notice mentioned in that paragraph, and

• (ii) ending with the earliest date of termination which could have been specified in a notice under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 served immediately after the date on which the claim ceases to have effect, or, if the existing tenancy is terminated before then, with the date of its termination;

• (b) in a case falling within paragraph (b) of subsection (2) above, the period—

• (i) beginning with the later of six months from the date on which the claim is made and the term date of the existing tenancy, and

• (ii) ending six months after the date on which the claim ceases to have effect, or, if the existing tenancy is terminated before then, with the date of its termination; and

• (c) in a case falling within paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above, the period for which the existing tenancy is continued under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to this Act.

• (7) For the purposes of this section—

• (a) references to a claim to acquire the freehold or an extended lease shall be taken as references to a notice of a person’s desire to acquire it under Part I of this Act and as including a claim made by a tenant not entitled to acquire it, and

• (b) references to the date on which a claim ceases to have effect shall, in relation to a notice which is not a valid notice, be taken as references to the date on which the notice is set aside by the court or withdrawn or would, if valid, cease to have effect, that date being taken, where the notice is set aside, or would (if valid) cease to have effect, in consequence of a court order, to be the date when the order becomes final.

27B

• (1) Where a tenant’s liability to pay compensation under section 27A above relates to a period during which there has been a change in the interest immediately expectant on the determination of his tenancy, that section shall have effect with the following modifications.

• (2) For subsections (3) and (4) there shall be substituted—

• (“) Compensation under subsection (2) above shall become payable at the end of the appropriate period and there shall be a separate right to compensation in respect of each of the interests which, during that period, have been immediately expectant on the determination of the existing tenancy.

• (4) Compensation under subsection (2) above shall—

• (a) in the case of the interest which is immediately expectant on the determination of the existing tenancy at the end of the appropriate period, be the right of the person in whom that interest is vested at that time, and

• (b) in the case of an interest which ceases during the appropriate period to be immediately expectant on the determination of the existing tenancy, be the right of the person in whom the interest was vested immediately before it ceased to be so expectant.

• (4A) The amount which the tenant is liable to pay under subsection (2) above in respect of any interest shall be equal to the difference between—

• (a) the rent under the existing tenancy for the part of the appropriate period during which the interest was immediately expectant on the determination of that tenancy, and

• (b) the rent which might reasonably be expected to be payable for that part of that period were the property to which the existing tenancy relates let for a term equivalent to that part of that period on the open market by a willing landlord on the following assumptions—

• (i) that no premium is payable in connection with the letting,

• (ii) that the letting confers no security of tenure, and

• (iii) that, except as otherwise provided by this paragraph, the letting is on the same terms as the existing tenancy.”

• (3) In subsection (6), for “(3) and (4)” there shall be substituted “(3) to (4A)”.

32A

• (1) A notice of a person’s desire to have the freehold of a house and premises under this Part shall be of no effect if at the relevant time the whole or any part of the house and premises is qualifying property and either—

• (a) the tenancy was created after the commencement of Chapter III of Part I of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993; or

• (b) (where the tenancy was created before that commencement) the tenant would not be entitled to have the freehold if either or both of sections 1A and 1B above were not in force or if section 1AA above were not in force.

• (2) For the purposes of this section the whole or any part of the house and premises is qualifying property if—

• (a) it has been designated under section 31(1)(b), (c) or (d) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (designation and undertakings relating to conditionally exempt transfers), whether with or without any other property, and no chargeable event has subsequently occurred with respect to it; or

• (b) an application to the Board for it to be so designated is pending; or

• (c) it is the property of a body not established or conducted for profit and a direction has been given in relation to it under section 26 of that Act (gifts for public benefit), whether with or without any other property; or

• (d) an application to the Board for a direction to be so given in relation to it is pending.

• (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above an application is pending as from the time when it is made to the Board until such time as it is either granted or refused by the Board or withdrawn by the applicant; and for this purpose an application shall not be regarded as made unless and until the applicant has submitted to the Board all such information in support of the application as is required by the Board.

• (4) A notice of a person’s desire to have the freehold of a house and premises under this Part shall cease to have effect if—

• (a) before completion of the conveyance in pursuance of the tenant’s notice, the whole or any part of the house and premises becomes qualifying property; and

• (b) the condition set out in subsection (1)(a) or (as the case may be) subsection (1)(b) above is satisfied.

• (5) Where a tenant’s notice ceases to have effect by virtue of subsection (4) above—

• (a) section 9(4) above shall not apply to require the tenant to make any payment to the landlord in respect of costs incurred by reason of the notice; and

• (b) the person who applied or is applying for designation or a direction shall be liable to the tenant for all reasonable costs incurred by the tenant in connection with his claim to acquire the freehold of the house and premises.

• (6) Where it is claimed that subsection (1) or (4) above applies in relation to a tenant’s notice, the person making the claim shall, at the time of making it, furnish the tenant with evidence in support of it; and if he fails to do so he shall be liable for any costs which are reasonably incurred by the tenant in consequence of the failure.

• (7) In subsection (2) above—

• (a) paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to designation under section 34(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Finance Act 1975 or section 77(1)(b), (c) or (d) of the Finance Act 1976 as they apply to designation under section 31(1)(b), (c) or (d) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984; and

• (b) paragraphs (c) and (d) apply to a direction under paragraph 13 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1975 as they apply to a direction under section 26 of that Act of 1984.

• (8) In this section—

• “the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;

• “chargeable event” means—any event which in accordance with any provision of Chapter II of Part II of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (exempt transfers) is a chargeable event, including any such provision as applied by section 78(3) of that Act (conditionally exempt occasions); orany event which would have been a chargeable event in the circumstances mentioned in section 79(3) of that Act (exemption from ten-yearly charge).

33A

The provisions of Schedule 4A to this Act shall have effect to exclude certain shared ownership leases from the operation of this Part of this Act.

Short title, repeals, extent and commencement.

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• (1) The price payable for a minor superior tenancy is to be calculated in accordance with regulations made by the appropriate national authority instead of in accordance with section 9.

• (2) “A minor superior tenancy” means a superior tenancy having an expectation of possession of not more than one month and in respect of which the profit rent is not more than £5 per year.

• (3) “Profit rent” means an amount equal to that of the rent payable under the tenancy on which the minor superior tenancy is in immediate reversion, less that of the rent payable under the minor superior tenancy.

• (4) Where the minor superior tenancy or that on which it is in immediate reversion comprises property other than the house and premises, the reference in sub-paragraph (3) to the rent payable under it means so much of that rent as is apportioned to the house and premises.

• (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (7) In sub-paragraph (1) “appropriate national authority” means—

• (a) in relation to a tenancy of land in England, the Secretary of State;

• (b) in relation to a tenancy of land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

• (8) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may include transitional provision.

• (9) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) are to be made by statutory instrument.

• (10) A statutory instrument containing regulations under sub-paragraph (1) is subject to annulment—

• (a) in the case of an instrument made by the Secretary of State, in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

• (b) in the case of an instrument made by the Welsh Ministers, in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

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SCHEDULE 4A

Leases granted in pursuance of right to be granted a shared ownership lease

1

A lease granted in pursuance of the right to be granted a shared ownership lease under Part V of the Housing Act 1985 is excluded from the operation of this Part of this Act.

Certain leases granted by certain public authorities

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• (1) A lease which—

• (a) was granted at a premium by a body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), and

• (b) complies with the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (3),

is excluded from the operation of this Part at any time when the interest of the landlord belongs to such a body , to a relevant housing provider or to a person who acquired that interest in exercise of the right conferred by Part IV of the Housing Act 1988.

• (2) The bodies are—

• (a) a county, county borough, district or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

• (b) . . . a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;

• (ba) a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;

• (bb)

the London Fire Commissioner;

• (bc) a Mayoral development corporation;

• (c) the new towns residuary body or a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as made, under the New Towns Act 1981;

• (d) an urban development corporation within the meaning of Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

• (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (f) a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988

• (3) The conditions are that the lease–

• (a) provides for the tenant to acquire the freehold for a consideration which is to be calculated in accordance with the lease and which is reasonable, having regard to the premium or premiums paid by the tenant under the lease, and

• (b) states the landlord’s opinion that by virtue of this paragraph the tenancy will be excluded from the operation of this Part of this Act at any time when the interest of the landlord belongs to a body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above or to a relevant housing provider.

• (4) If, in proceedings in which it falls to be determined whether a lease complies with the condition in sub-paragraph (3)(a), the question arises whether the consideration payable by the tenant on acquiring the freehold is reasonable, it is for the landlord to show that it is.

• (5) In this paragraph “relevant housing provider” means–

• (a) in relation to a lease of social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, a private registered provider of social housing, or

• (b) a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996.

Certain leases granted by housing associationsCertain housing association and other leases

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• (1) A lease granted by a housing association and which complies with the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) is excluded from the operation of this Part of this Act, whether or not the interest of the landlord still belongs to such an association.

• (2) The conditions are that the lease—

• (a) was granted for a term of 99 years or more and is not (and cannot become) terminable except in pursuance of a provision for re-entry or forfeiture;

• (b) was granted at a premium, calculated by reference to the value of the house or the cost of providing it, of not less than 25 per cent., or such other percentage as may be prescribed, of the figure by reference to which it was calculated;

• (c) provides for the tenant to acquire additional shares in the house on terms specified in the lease and complying with such requirements as may be prescribed;

• (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (e) if it enables the landlord to require payment for outstanding shares in the house, does so only in such circumstances as may be prescribed;

• (f) provides for the tenant to acquire the landlord’s interest on terms specified in the lease and complying with such requirements as may be prescribed; and

• (g) states the landlord’s opinion that by virtue of this paragraph the lease is excluded from the operation of this Part of this Act.

• (3) In any proceedings the court may, if of the opinion that it is just and equitable to do so, treat a lease as satisfying the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) notwithstanding that the condition specified in paragraph (g) of that sub-paragraph is not satisfied.

• (4) In this paragraph “housing association” has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985.

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• (1) A lease for the elderly granted by a registered housing association and which complies with the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) is excluded from the operation of this Part of this Act at any time when the interest of the landlord belongs to a relevant housing provider .

• (2) The conditions are that the lease—

• (a) is granted at a premium which is calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the house or of the cost of providing it,

• (b) complies, at the time when it is granted, with such requirements as may be prescribed, and

• (c) states the landlord’s opinion that by virtue of this paragraph the lease will be excluded from the operation of this Part of this Act at any time when the interest of the landlord belongs to a relevant housing provider .

• (3) In this paragraph—

Power to prescribe matters by regulations

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• (1) The Secretary of State appropriate national authority may by regulations prescribe anything requiring to be prescribed for the purposes of this Schedule.

• (2) The regulations may—

• (a) make different provision for different cases or descriptions of case, including different provision for different areas, and

• (b) contain such incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State appropriate national authority considers appropriate,

and shall be made by statutory instrument which , in the case of regulations made by the Secretary of State, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and, in the case of regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales .

Interpretation

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In this Schedule “lease” means a lease at law or in equity, and references to the grant of a lease shall be construed accordingly.

Procedure for acquisition of reversionary interests.

The repeals in Part of this Schedule are made subject to the provisions of section 40(8) of this Act.

Editorial notes