s 27 Prohibition on certain disposals
(1) A person who is subject to a banning order that includes a ban on letting may not make an unauthorised transfer of an estate in land to a prohibited person. (2) A disposal in breach of the prohibition imposed by subsection (1) is void. (3) A transfer is “ unauthorised ” for the purposes of subsection (1) unless it is authorised by the First-tier Tribunal on an application by the person who is subject to the banning order. (4) In subsection (1) “ prohibited person ” means— (a) a person associated with the landlord, (b) a business partner of the landlord, (c) a person associated with a business partner of the landlord, (d) a business partner of a person associated with the landlord, (e) a body corporate of which the landlord or a person mentioned in paragraph (a) to (d) is an officer, (f) a body corporate in which the landlord has a shareholding or other financial interest, or (g) in a case where the landlord is a body corporate, any body corporate that has an officer in common with the landlord. (5) In section (4)— “ associated person ” is to be read in accordance with section 178 of the Housing Act 1996; “ business partner ” is to be read in accordance with section 34(5) of the Deregulation Act 2015.