17 Redevelopment rights (exclusion or termination of extension)
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (1967 c 88) | Legislation

Landlord's overriding rights

17  Redevelopment rights (exclusion or termination of extension)

(1)     Where a tenancy of a house and premises has been extended under section 14 above, the landlord may, at any time not earlier than twelve months before [during the period of 12 months ending with] the original term date of the tenancy, [or at any time during the period of five years ending with a break date of the new tenancy granted under that section,] apply to the court for an order that he may resume possession of the property on the ground that for purposes of redevelopment he proposes to demolish or reconstruct the whole or a substantial part of the house and premises.

[(1A)     A “break date” of a new tenancy granted under section 14 is the date with which a break period of that tenancy ends.

(1B)     A “break period” of a new tenancy granted under section 14 is a period of 90 years beginning with—

(a)     the original term date of the tenancy extended under that section;

(b)

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