Part 10: Letting by Local Authorities of Vacant High-street premises Procedure preliminary to letting Section 197: Circumstances in which letting to be permitted Effect
Subsections (1) and (2) provide for circumstances where the local authority must consent to the letting; this is where the letting is for one year or more and would be likely to lead to the premises being occupied for a high street use. The term of the letting must begin within 8 weeks of the initial letting notice taking effect. The letting can be by way of licence or lease.
	Subsection (3) provides that a letting will not be considered to be for one year or more if it includes a landlord’s break right within the first year. The same does not apply if the letting includes a tenant’s break right during the first year.
	Subsection (4) provides that consent which has been given to a letting by a landlord is then treated as not having been given where the term of the letting does not begin within 8 weeks of the initial letting notice taking effect.