Section 97 — Housing Act 1988: Information etc. for applicant.

Information etc. for applicant. 97 1 Within four weeks of the relevant date, the landlord shall serve on the applicant a notice specifying—

a the name and address of every tenant or licensee of a dwelling-house which the buildings proposed to be acquired by virtue of section 93(1)(a) above comprise or contain;

and b the general nature of his tenancy or licence.

2 As from four weeks after that date, the applicant shall have the following rights, namely—

a a right of access, at any reasonable time and on giving reasonable notice, to any property proposed to be acquired which is not subject to a tenancy;

b a right, on giving reasonable notice, to be provided with a list of any documents to which subsection (3) below applies;

c a right to inspect, at any reasonable time and on giving reasonable notice, any documents to which that subsection applies;

and d a right, on payment of a reasonable fee, to be provided with a copy of any documents inspected under paragraph (c) above.

3 This subsection applies to any document in the possession of the landlord—

a sight of which is reasonably required for the purpose of pursuing the application;

and b which, on a proposed sale by a willing vendor to a willing purchaser of the property proposed to be acquired, the landlord, as vendor, would be expected to make available to the purchaser (whether at or before contract or completion).

4 In this section “ document ” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Civil Evidence Act 1968.