- Enforced by
- Trading Standards
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 4 obligations carry a fine up to £30,000. 3 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Landlord2
Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Landlord — also bound by 238 other Acts
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.003
Prohibited rent (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Do not charge prohibited ground rent on regulated leasesLandlord
s.009
Financial penalties (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Impose prohibited ground rentLandlord
Fine up to £30,000
s.014
Interest on amount ordered to be paid under section 13 (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Tribunal may award interest on recovered prohibited ground rentTribunal / Court
s.015
Application to appropriate tribunal as to effect of section 7 (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Tribunal must declare effect of ground rent reform on lease termsTribunal / Court
23 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.enforcement
Enforcement
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.