UK Act of Parliament
2002
United Kingdom
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
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What's here
13 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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Schedules
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Commonhold association documents
Any altered certificate of incorporation issued under section 80 of...
The articles of association of the commonhold association.
Commonhold community statement
Consent
Certificate
Schedule 2 para.1
Schedule 2 para.2
Schedule 2 para.3
Schedule 3 para.1
Schedule 3 para.10
Schedule 3 para.11
Schedule 3 para.12
A member of a commonhold association may resign by notice...
Schedule 3 para.14
Schedule 3 para.15
Schedule 3 para.16
Statement of compliance
Schedule 3 para.2
Schedule 3 para.3
Schedule 3 para.4
Schedule 3 para.5
Schedule 3 para.6
Schedule 3 para.7
Schedule 3 para.8
Schedule 3 para.9
Schedule 4 para.1
Schedule 4 para.2
Schedule 4 para.3
Schedule 4 para.4
The removal of land from a commonhold.
Amendment of a commonhold community statement (including amendment to redefine...
Schedule 4 para.7
Schedule 5 para.1
Schedule 5 para.2
At the end of section 149 of that Act (90-year...
Schedule 5 para.4
Schedule 5 para.5
Schedule 5 para.6
Schedule 5 para.7
Schedule 5 para.8
Buildings with substantial non-residential parts
Schedule 6 para.2
Schedule 6 para.3
Schedule 6 para.4
Schedule 6 para.5
Covenants not to assign etc.
Variation of leases
Service charges to be held in trust
Information to be furnished to tenants
Statutory duties relating to certain covenants
Tenants’ right to management audit
Right to appoint surveyor
Administration charges
Defective premises
Repairing obligations : England
Repairing obligations: Wales
Service charges
Right to request information on insurance
Managing agents
Right of first refusal
Appointment of manager
Right to acquire landlord’s interest
Schedule 8 para.1
(1) Section 21 (reversioner’s counter notice) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 22 (proceedings relating to validity of initial notice)...
In section 23 (claim liable to be defeated where landlord...
(1) Section 24 (applications where terms in dispute or failure...
(1) Section 25 (application where reversioner fails to give counter-notice...
(1) Section 26 (applications where relevant landlord cannot be found)...
(1) Section 27 (supplementary provisions about vesting orders under section...
(1) Section 28 (withdrawal from acquisition) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 29 (deemed withdrawal of initial notice) is amended...
In section 30(5) (service of notice to treat before completion...
Schedule 8 para.2
(1) Section 31 (effect on initial notice of designation or...
(1) Section 32 (determination of price) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 33 (costs of enfranchisement) is amended as follows....
In section 34 (conveyance), for “nominee purchaser” (in each place,...
In section 35 (discharge of existing mortgages on transfer), for...
(1) Section 36 (requirement to grant leases back to former...
(1) Section 37A (compensation for postponement of termination in connection...
(1) Section 38 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 41 (right of qualifying tenant to obtain information...
(1) Section 54 (suspension of tenant’s notice during currency of...
(1) Section 1 (right to collective enfranchisement) is amended as...
(1) Section 74 (effect of scheme application on claim to...
(1) Section 91 (jurisdiction of leasehold valuation tribunals) is amended...
(1) In section 93 (agreements excluding or modifying rights of...
(1) Section 93A (powers of trustees in relation to rights)...
In section 97(1) (registration)— (a) for “the tenant” substitute “...
In section 98(2) (power to prescribe procedure), for “nominee purchaser”...
(1) Schedule 1 (conduct of proceedings by reversioner on behalf...
(1) Schedule 3 (restrictions on participation, effect of claim on...
In Schedule 4 (information to be furnished by reversioner about...
(1) Schedule 5 (vesting orders under sections 24 and 25)...
For section 2(1) (acquisition of leasehold interests) substitute—
(1) Schedule 6 (purchase price) is amended as follows.
(1) Schedule 7 (conveyance to nominee purchaser on enfranchisement) is...
(1) Schedule 8 (discharge of mortgages etc: supplementary provisions) is...
In Schedule 9 (grants of lease back to former purchaser),...
In section 11(4) (right of qualifying tenant to obtain information...
(1) Section 13 (initial notice) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 17 (access for valuation purposes) is amended as...
(1) Section 18 (duty to disclose existence of agreements affecting...
(1) Section 20 (right of reversioner to require evidence of...
Schedule 9 para.1
Schedule 9 para.10
Schedule 9 para.11
Schedule 9 para.12
Schedule 9 para.13
(1) Section 450A (right to a loan in respect of...
In section 450B(1)(b) (power to make loan in respect of...
In section 458(1) (minor definitions for purposes of Part 14...
In section 459 (index of defined expressions for Part 14...
In section 621A (meaning of service charge for purposes of...
Schedule 9 para.7
Schedule 9 para.8
Schedule 9 para.9
Schedule 10 para.1
(1) Paragraph 4 of that Schedule (insurance effected by superior...
After that paragraph insert— Effect of change of landlord (1) This paragraph applies where, at a time when a...
In paragraph 5 of that Schedule, for the words from...
In paragraph 6 of that Schedule, for “paragraph 2, 3...
Schedule 10 para.14
Schedule 10 para.15
Schedule 10 para.16
In section 80(3) of the 1993 Act (matters to be...
(1) Section 81 of the 1993 Act (procedure following giving...
In section 82 of the 1993 Act (information held by...
Schedule 10 para.2
Schedule 10 para.3
Schedule 10 para.4
Schedule 10 para.5
Schedule 10 para.6
In section 39 of the 1985 Act (defined expressions), in...
Schedule 10 para.8
For paragraph 3 of that Schedule (request to inspect insurance...
Meaning of “administration charge”
(1) Section 47 (landlord’s name and address to be contained...
(1) Section 48 (notification by landlord of address for service...
Reasonableness of administration charges
No administration charge payable for certain rents
Application for order varying lease
Notice in connection with demands for administration charges
Liability to pay administration charges
Limitation of administration charges: costs of proceedings
Interpretation
The 1987 Act has effect subject to the following amendments....
(1) Section 24 (appointment of manager by leasehold valuation tribunal)...
In section 46 (interpretation of provisions concerning information to be...
Schedule 12 para.1
Schedule 12 para.10
Schedule 12 para.11
Schedule 12 para.2
Schedule 12 para.3
Schedule 12 para.4
Schedule 12 para.5
Schedule 12 para.6
Schedule 12 para.7
Schedule 12 para.8
Schedule 12 para.9
Schedule 13 para.1
In section 47(3) (landlord’s name and address to be contained...
In section 48(3) (notification by landlord of address for service...
Schedule 13 para.12
(1) Section 70 (approval by leasehold valuation tribunal of estate...
In section 88(2) (jurisdiction of leasehold valuation tribunals in cases...
In section 91(1) (jurisdiction of leasehold valuation tribunals), for “such...
Schedule 13 para.16
In section 9 (costs of enfranchisement), after subsection (4) insert—...
In section 14 (costs of lease extension), after subsection (2)...
In section 20 (county court), after subsection (4) insert—
In section 21 (leasehold valuation tribunals), after subsection (2) insert—...
In paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 (county court), after sub-paragraph...
Schedule 13 para.7
Schedule 13 para.8
In section 24(9A) (appointment of manager), for “court” substitute “...
Amendment
- Register amended commonhold community statement with Land Registry
Notice inviting participation
- Send notice of invitation to participate to qualifying tenants before claiming right to manage
Contents of claim notice
- Include required contents in claim notice for right to manage
Right to obtain information
- Respond to RTM company information request within 28 days
Duty to provide information
- Provide information to a RTM company about the right to manage
Duty to pay accrued uncommitted service charges
- Pay accrued uncommitted service charges to RTM company
Functions relating to approvals
- Give notice to the landlord before granting approvals under a long lease
Enforcement of tenant covenants
- RTM company must enforce tenant covenants
Tenant covenants: monitoring and reporting
- Monitor tenant covenants and report breaches to landlord
Notices
- RTM company must give written notices to correct addresses
Requirement to notify long leaseholders that rent is due
- Send notice to long leaseholders before rent is due
Failure to pay small amount for short period
- Do not forfeit a long lease for unpaid small amounts or short periods
No forfeiture notice before determination of breach
- Do not serve forfeiture notice without prior breach determination or admission
Browse 176 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Commonhold land
Application
Consent
Land which may not be commonhold
Registered details
Registration in error
Registration without unit-holders
Transitional period
Registration with unit-holders
Extinguished lease: liability
Definition
Unit-holder
Joint unit-holders
Use , maintenance and building safety
Transfer
Transfer: effect
Leasing: residential
Leasing: non-residential
Leasing: supplementary
Other transactions
Part-unit: interests
Part–unit: charging
Changing size
Changing size: charged unit
Definition
Use , maintenance and building safety
Transactions
Charges: general prohibition
New legal mortgages
Additions to common parts
Form and content: general
Regulations
Constitution
Duty to manage
Voting
Enforcement and compensation
Commonhold assessment
Building safety assessment
Reserve fund
Rectification of documents
Enlargement
Ombudsman
Winding-up resolution
100 per cent. agreement
80 per cent. agreement
Termination application
Termination statement
The liquidator
Termination
Introduction
Succession order
Assets and liabilities
Transfer of responsibility
Termination of commonhold
Termination by court
Release of reserve fund
Multiple site commonholds
Development rights
Development rights: succession
Compulsory purchase
Home rights
Advice etc.
The Crown
Orders and regulations
Registration procedure
Jurisdiction
The register
Amendments
Interpretation
Index of defined expressions
The right to manage
Premises to which Chapter applies
s.73
RTM companies: membership and regulations
Qualifying tenants
Long leases
Long leases: further provisions
Notice of claim to acquire right
Claim notice: supplementary
Right of access
Counter-notices
Landlords etc. not traceable
Withdrawal of claim notice
Deemed withdrawal
Costs: general
Power of tribunal to order costs where claim ceases
Costs: general
Costs where claim ceases
The acquisition date
Notices relating to management contracts
Duties to give notice of contracts
Introductory
Management functions under leases
Management functions: supplementary
Approvals: supplementary
Statutory functions
Landlord contributions to service charges
Registration
Cessation of management
Agreements excluding or modifying right
Power of tribunal to order compliance
Application to Crown
Powers of trustees in relation to right
Power to prescribe procedure
Definitions
Index of defined expressions
Amendments of right to collective enfranchisement
Non-residential premises
Premises including railway track
Qualifying leases
Premises with resident landlord
Proportion of tenants required to participate
Abolition of residence condition
Right exercisable only by RTE company
RTE companies
Invitation to participate
Consequential amendments
Right of access
Valuation date
Freeholder’s share of marriage value
Disregard of marriage value in case of very long leases
Amendments of right to acquire new lease
Replacement of residence test
Qualifying leases
Personal representatives
Crown leases
Valuation date
Landlord’s share of marriage value
Disregard of marriage value in case of very long leases
Amendments of 1967 Act
Abolition of residence test
Reduction of qualifying period as tenant
Exclusion of certain business tenancies
Tenancies not at low rent
Personal representatives
Abolition of limits on rights after lease extension
Exclusion of shared ownership leases
Tenant’s share of marriage value
Disregard of marriage value in case of very long leases
Purchase price for enfranchisement during lease extension
Applications to be to county court
Valuation by leasehold valuation tribunal
Extending meaning of service charge and management etc
Consultation about service charges
Statements of account
Notice to accompany demands for service charges
Inspection etc. of documents
Liability to pay service charges: jurisdiction
Service charge contributions to be held in separate account
Service charges: minor and consequential amendments
Administration charges
Charges under estate management schemes
Third parties with management responsibilities
Restriction of resident landlord exception
Grounds for application by party to lease
Transfer of jurisdiction of court to tribunal
Insurance otherwise than with landlord’s insurer
Extension of right to challenge landlord’s choice of insurer
Section 168: supplementary
Forfeiture for failure to pay service charge etc
Power to prescribe additional or different requirements
Application to Crown
Leasehold valuation tribunals
Procedure
Appeals
Consequential amendments
Transfer from court to First-tier Tribunal
Appeals from the First-tier Tribunal
Enforcement
Wales
Orders and regulations
Interpretation
Repeals
Commencement etc
Extent
Short title
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