[171B Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses]

[171B  Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses]

[[(1)     A person to whom this section applies has the preserved right to buy [a relevant dwelling-house in England] so long as he occupies the relevant dwelling-house as his only or principal home, subject to the following provisions of this Part.

[(1A)     A person to whom this section applies ceases to have the preserved right to buy if the tenancy of a relevant dwelling-house becomes a demoted tenancy by virtue of a demotion order under section 6A of the Housing Act 1988.]

(2)     References in this Part to a “qualifying person” and “qualifying dwelling-house”, in relation to the preserved right to buy, are to a person who has that right and to a dwelling-house in relation to which a person has that right.

(3)     The following are the persons to whom this section applies—

(a)     the former secure tenant, or in the case of a joint tenancy, each of them;]

(b)     a qualifying successor as defined in subsection (4); and

(c)     a person

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