182 Exceptions to the right to buy: houses due to be demolished
Housing Act 2004 (2004 c 34) | Legislation

182  Exceptions to the right to buy: houses due to be demolished

(1)     In Schedule 5 to the Housing Act 1985 (c 68) (exceptions to the right to buy) after paragraph 12 insert—

“Dwelling-house due to be demolished within 24 months

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(1)     The right to buy does not arise if a final demolition notice is in force in respect of the dwelling-house.

(2)     A “final demolition notice” is a notice—

(a)     stating that the landlord intends to demolish the dwelling-house or (as the case may be) the building containing it (“the relevant premises”),

(b)     setting out the reasons why the landlord intends to demolish the relevant premises,

(c)     specifying—

(i)     the date by which he intends to demolish those premises (“the proposed demolition date”), and

(ii)     the date when the notice will cease to be in force (unless extended under paragraph 15),

(d)     stating that one of conditions A to C in paragraph 14 is satisfied in relation to the notice (specifying the condition concerned), and

(e)     stating that the right to buy does not arise in respect of the dwelling-house while the notice is in force.

(3)     If, at the time when the

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