Commentary on Sections Part 8: Pre-Emption and Reversion
333.Part 8 of the Act is concerned with rights of pre-emption imposed as real burdens. Sections 86 and 87 also deal with specific forms of reversion created under two pieces of 19th century legislation. Section 8(4) states that only the owner of a benefited property may enforce a right of pre-emption, redemption or reversion constituted as a real burden but this does not apply where the right of pre-emption is a personal real burden such as a rural housing burden.