Mr. Liam Smyth:

It is almost by default that if the only entities that can buy are a local authority or the approved housing bodies, and no one else can come in for the first 90 days, then that right to buy is essentially there, fair and square, with the local authority. In the background, there will obviously have to be a liaison with the tenant who is in receipt of the notice of termination. However, the right is there for the local authority to step in where the tenant steps out.