Section 117 — Certain tenancies excluded from bankrupt’s estate
Extent: E+W
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) In section 283 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (definition of bankrupt’s estate) at the end of subsection (3) (property excluded from the estate) there shall be inserted the following subsection—3ASubject to section 308A in Chapter IV, subsection (1) does not apply to—aa tenancy which is an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy, within the meaning of Part I of the Housing Act 1988, and the terms of which inhibit an assignment as mentioned in section 127(5) of the Rent Act 1977, orba protected tenancy, within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977, in respect of which, by virtue of any provision of Part IX of that Act, no premium can lawfully be required as a condition of assignment, orca tenancy of a dwelling-house by virtue of which the bankrupt is, within the meaning of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, a protected occupier of the dwelling-house, and the terms of which inhibit an assignment as mentioned in section 127(5) of the Rent Act 1977, orda secure tenancy, within the meaning of Part IV of the Housing Act 1985, which is not capable of being assigned, except in the cases mentioned in section 91(3) of that Act.
(2) After section 308 of that Act there shall be inserted the following section— Vesting in trustee of certain tenancies.308AUpon the service on the bankrupt by the trustee of a notice in writing under this section, any tenancy—awhich is excluded by virtue of section 283(3A) from the bankrupt’s estate, andbto which the notice relates,vests in the trustee as part of the bankrupt’s estate; and, except against a purchaser in good faith, for value and without notice of the bankruptcy, the trustee’s title to that tenancy has relation back to the commencement of the bankruptcy.
(3) In section 309 of that Act (time-limit for certain notices) in subsection (1)(b)—
(a) after the words “section 308” there shall be inserted “or section 308A”; and
(b) after the words “the property” there shall be inserted “or tenancy”.
(4) In section 315 of that Act (disclaimer (general power)), in subsection (4) after the words “reasonable replacement value)” there shall be inserted “or 308A”.