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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Leasehold Reform Act 1967

1967 CHAPTER 88

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Enfranchisement and Extension of Long Leaseholds

    1. Right to enfranchisement or extension

      1. 1. Tenants entitled to enfranchisement or extension

      2. 1A. Right to enfranchisement only in case of houses whose value or rent exceeds limit under s.1 or 4

      3. 1AA. Additional right to enfranchisement only in case of houses whose rent exceeds applicable limit under section 4

      4. 1B.Right to enfranchisement only in case of certain tenancies terminable after death or marriage

      5. 2. Meaning of “house” and “houses and premises”, and adjustment of boundary

      6. 3. Meaning of “long tenancy”

      7. 4. Meaning of “low rent”

      8. 4A. Alternative rent limits for purposes of section 1A(2)

      9. 5. General provisions as to claims to enfranchisement or extension

      10. 6. Rights of trustees

      11. 6A. Rights of personal representatives

      12. 7. Rights of members of family succeeding to tenancy on death

    2. Enfranchisement

      1. 8. Obligation to enfranchise

      2. 9. Purchase price and costs of enfranchisement, and tenant’s right to withdraw

      3. 9A.Compensation payable in cases where right to enfranchisement arises by virtue of section 1A or 1B

      4. 10. Rights to be conveyed to tenant on enfranchisement

      5. 11. Exoneration from, or redemption of, rentcharges etc

      6. 12. Discharge of mortgages etc. on landlord’s estate

      7. 13. Payment into court in respect of mortgages etc

    3. Extension

      1. 14. Obligation to grant extended lease

      2. 15. Terms of tenancy to be granted on extension

      3. 16. Exclusion of further rights after extension

    4. Landlord’s overriding rights

      1. 17. Redevelopment rights (exclusion or termination of extension)

      2. 18. Residential rights (exclusion of enfranchisement or extension)

      3. 19. Retention of management powers for general benefit of neighbourhood

    5. Determination of questions, procedure, etc

      1. 20. Jurisdiction and special powers of county court

      2. 21. Jurisdiction of Lands Tribunal

      3. 22. Validity of tenants’ notices, effect on Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and on notices to quit etc., and procedure generally

    6. Supplementary

      1. 23. Agreements excluding or modifying rights of tenant

      2. 24. Application of price or compensation received by landlord, and charge of betterment levy on enfranchisement

      3. 25. Mortgagee in possession of landlord’s interest

      4. 26. Person to act where landlord is custodian trustee or under disability

      5. 27. Enfranchisement where landlord cannot be found

      6. 27A. Compensation for postponement of termination in connection with ineffective claims

      7. 27B.Modification of section 27A where change in immediate reversion

    7. Land held for public purposes, ecclesiastical land, etc

      1. 28. Retention or resumption of land required for public purposes

      2. 29. Reservation of future right to develop

      3. 30. Reservation of right of pre-emption in new town or overspill area

      4. 31. Ecclesiastical property

      5. 32. Saving for National Trust

      6. 32A.Property transferred for public benefit etc

      7. 33. Crown land

      8. 33A. Exclusion of certain shared ownership leases

    8. Transitional

      1. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 36. Relief in respect of mortgages etc. on landlord’s estate

    9. Construction

      1. 37. Interpretation of Part I

  2. Part II

    Amendments of other Acts

    1. 38. Modification of right to possession under Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

    2. 39. Application of Rent Acts to long tenancies and adaptation of Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

    3. 40. Amendments of Places of Worship (Enfranchisement) Act 1920

    4. 41. Short title, repeals, extent and commencement

  3. SCHEDULE 1

    Enfranchisement or Extension by Sub-Tenants

  4. SCHEDULE 2

    Provisions Supplementary to Sections 17 and 18 of this Act

  5. SCHEDULE 3

    Validity of Tenants’ Notices, Effect on Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 etc. and Procedure Generally

  6. SCHEDULE 4

    Special Covenants with Local Authorities etc. on Enfranchisement or Extension

  7. SCHEDULE 4A

    Exclusion of Certain Shared Ownership Leases

  8. SCHEDULE 5

    Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part I (Consequential Amendments, Effect of Rent Act 1965, etc.)

  9. SCHEDULE 6

    The Places of Worship (Enfranchisement) Act 1920, As Amended

  10. SCHEDULE 7

    Repeals

An Act to enable tenants of houses held on long leases at low rents to acquire the freehold or an extended lease; to apply the Rent Acts to premises held on long leases at a rackrent, and to bring the operation of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 into conformity with the Rent Acts as so amended; to make other changes in the law in relation to premises held on long leases, including amendments of the Places of Worship (Enfranchisement) Act 1920; and for purposes connected therewith.

[27th October 1967]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act modified by S.I. 1990/776, arts. 2(2), 5(2)(e)

Act amended (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/593, reg. 2, Sch. 1

Act: certain functions transferred (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 41(4)(5).

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