Part 1: Leasehold houses Section 3: Leases which have a long term
Section 3 establishes what is meant by a lease with a long term, which is a lease granted for 21 years or longer, regardless of how the lease has been designed between the two parties.
	Subsection (1) defines a lease as having "a long term" if any of cases A to D apply.
	Subsection (2) sets out case A where a lease has a term exceeding 21 years.
	Subsection (3) sets out case B where a lease has been granted for life or until marriage or civil partnership under Section 149(6) of the LPA 1925.
	Subsection (4) sets out case C where the lease is granted with a covenant or obligation for perpetual renewal unless it is a sub-lease with a term of 21 years or less.
	Subsection (5) sets out case D where the lease can form part of a series of leases with terms that would extend beyond 21 years (see Section 4).
	Subsection (6) clarifies that the lease being terminable by notice, re-entry or forfeiture does not prevent it from being a long lease and that the lease length is determined as the length it was at the point it was granted.