Paragraph 3 inserts a new mandatory possession Ground (1A) that is available where the landlord intends to sell a freehold or leasehold interest in the dwelling-house, or to grant a long lease for a term certain over 21 years of the dwelling-house. This ground cannot be used unless the tenancy began at least one year (the "protected period") before the "relevant date" (Ground 1A(c)(i)).
	Ground 1A(b) provides that the ground cannot be used to obtain possession where the assured tenancy arose at the end of a tenancy under either Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1977 or section 4 of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976.
	Subparagraph (c)(ii) provides an alternative to the one-year protected period and provides that the ground can be used where a notice of a compulsory acquisition has been published or served and is being sold to an acquiring authority. An "acquiring authority" and what constitutes giving notice of a compulsory acquisition is defined in paragraph 12, Part 5 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 (as inserted by paragraph 25 in Schedule 1 to this Act).
	Subparagraph (d) specifies that this ground is not available to certain social landlords.
Schedules Schedule 1: Changes to grounds for possession New ground for sale of dwelling-house (1A) Effect