s 5B Offer notice: requirements in case of sale by auction.
(1) The following requirements must be met in relation to an offer notice where the landlord proposes to make the disposal by means of a sale at a public auction held in England and Wales. (2) The notice must contain particulars of the principal terms of the disposal proposed by the landlord, including in particular the property to which it relates and the estate or interest in that property proposed to be disposed of. (3) The notice must state that the disposal is proposed to be made by means of a sale at a public auction. (4) The notice must state that the notice constitutes an offer by the landlord, which may be accepted by the requisite majority of qualifying tenants of the constituent flats, for the contract (if any) entered into by the landlord at the auction to have effect as if a person or persons nominated by them, and not the purchaser, had entered into it. (5) The notice must specify a period within which that offer may be so accepted, being a period of not less than two months beginning with the date of service of the notice. (6) The notice must specify a further period of not less than 28 days within which a person or persons may be nominated by the tenants under section 6. (7) The notice must be served not less than four months or more than six months before the date of the auction; and— (a) the period specified in the notice as the period within which the offer may be accepted must end not less than two months before the date of the auction, and (b) the period specified in the notice as the period within which a person may be nominated under section 6 must end not less than 28 days before the date of the auction. (8) Unless the time and place of the auction and the name of the auctioneers are stated in the notice, the landlord shall, not less than 28 days before the date of the auction, serve on the requisite majority of qualifying tenants of the constituent flats a further notice stating those particulars.