115 Meaning of “long tenancy”
Housing Act 1985 (1985 c 68) | Legislation

115  Meaning of “long tenancy”

(1)     The following are long tenancies for the purposes of this Part, subject to subsection (2)—

(a)     a tenancy granted for a term certain exceeding 21 years, whether or not it is (or may become) terminable before the end of that term by notice given by the tenant or by re-entry or forfeiture;

(b)     a tenancy for a term fixed by law under a grant with a covenant or obligation for perpetual renewal, other than a tenancy by sub-demise from one which is not a long tenancy;

(c)     any tenancy granted in pursuance of Part V (the right to buy)[, including any tenancy granted in pursuance of that Part as it has effect by virtue of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire)].

(2)

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