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StatuteHousing Act 1985

Section 121 — Housing Act 1985: Circumstances in which the right to buy cannot be exercised.

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Circumstances in which the right to buy cannot be exercised. 121 1 The right to buy cannot be exercised if the tenant is subject to an order of the court for possession of the dwelling-house.

2 The right to buy cannot be exercised if the person, or one of the persons, to whom the right to buy belongs—

a has made a bankruptcy application that has not been determined or has a bankruptcy petition pending against him, b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c is an undischarged bankrupt, ... d has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors the terms of which remain to be fulfilled. or e is a person in relation to whom a moratorium period under a debt relief order applies (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986).

3 The right to buy cannot be exercised at any time during the suspension period under an order made under section 121A in respect of the secure tenancy.

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