136 Change of secure tenant after notice claiming right to buy
Housing Act 1985 (1985 c 68) | Legislation

Change of tenant or landlord after service of notice claiming right to buy

136  Change of secure tenant after notice claiming right to buy

(1)     Where, after a secure tenant (“the former tenant”) has given a notice claiming the right to buy, another person (“the new tenant”)—

(a)     becomes the secure tenant under the same secure tenancy, otherwise than on an assignment made by virtue of section 92 (assignments by way of exchange), or

(b)     becomes the secure tenant under a periodic tenancy arising by virtue of section 86 (periodic tenancy arising on termination of fixed term) on the coming to an end of the secure tenancy,

the new tenant shall be in the

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