Part 1: Leasehold houses Section 15: Redress: general provision
Section 15 gives general provision for the redress measures.
	Subsection (1) provides that the right of redress does not, of itself, create a registrable interest or binding contract for the freehold to be conveyed to the homeowner. The relevant rights holder has to exercise the right of redress to become entitled to acquire the freehold.
	Subsection (2) is an anti-exploitation clause. It makes clear that an agreement relating to a lease of the house cannot remove or alter the leaseholder’s right to acquire; or require the leaseholder to surrender their lease or be subject to a penalty in the event they exercise their right.
	Subsection (3) clarifies that the restriction on the landlord’s rights in subsection (2) do not prevent a leaseholder of a house from surrendering or terminating the lease, or entering into an agreement to acquire the freehold in a different way from exercising their statutory right to acquire.
	Subsection (4) clarifies that the right to acquire is not capable of outlasting the lease, i.e. if the lease no long exists for whatever reason, the redress right no longer applies.