Section 139 — Housing Act 1985: Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage.

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage. 139 1 A conveyance of the freehold executed in pursuance of the right to buy shall conform with Parts I and II of Schedule 6; a grant of a lease so executed shall conform with Parts I and III of that Schedule; and Part IV of that Schedule has effect in relation to certain charges.

2 The secure tenancy comes to an end on the grant to the tenant of an estate in fee simple, or of a lease, in pursuance of the provisions of this Part relating to the right to buy;

and if there is then a subtenancy section 139 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (effect of extinguishment of reversion) applies as on a merger or surrender. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .