138 Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease
Housing Act 1985 (1985 c 68) | Legislation

Completion of purchase in pursuance of right to buy

138  Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease

(1)     Where a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy and that right has been established, then, as soon as all matters relating to the grant . . . have been agreed or determined, the landlord shall make to the tenant—

(a)     if the dwelling-house is a house and the landlord owns the freehold, a grant of the dwelling-house for an estate in fee simple absolute, or

(b)     if the landlord does not own the freehold or if the dwelling-house is a flat (whether or not the landlord owns the freehold), a grant

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