Duty of landlord to give copies of the rent variation notice to superior landlords
- Send copy of rent variation notice to any superior landlord
UK Act of Parliament
2024
United Kingdom
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
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Schedules
Duty of superior landlord to give copies of the rent variation notice to other superior landlords
- Forward rent variation notice to other superior landlords
Suspension of rent variation notices
- Notify tenant of suspension and resumption of rent variation notice during collective enfranchisement
Counter-notice
- Respond to tenant's rent variation notice with a counter-notice within the response period
Browse 237 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Leases granted out of historic leasehold estates
Agricultural leases
Community housing leases
Retirement housing leases
Leases of certain National Trust property
Leases granted by the Crown
Leases agreed before commencement
Shared ownership leases
Home finance plan leases
Extended leases
Notice of intent
Manner of giving notices
Interpretation
Time limits for notice of intent
Right to make written representations
Final notice
Withdrawal or amendment of notice
Appeals
Recovery of penalty
Proceeds of penalties
Any proceeds of a penalty which are not applied in...
Removal of redevelopment restrictions on enfranchisement and extension
In section 20(2)(d) (jurisdiction and special powers of county court),...
In section 21(1)(c) (jurisdiction of tribunals), omit “or 18”.
In section 25(5)(a) (mortgagee in possession of landlord’s interest), omit...
In section 29 (reservation of future right to develop)—
In section 38 (modification of right to possession under Landlord...
In Schedule 1 (enfranchisement and extension by sub-tenants), omit paragraph...
In Schedule 2 (provisions supplementary to sections 17 and 18)—...
In Schedule 3 (procedure)— (a) omit paragraph 7(3);
In Schedule 4 (covenants with local authorities etc), in paragraph...
Consequential amendments to the LRHUDA 1993
Removal of residential restriction on enfranchisement and extension under the LRA 1967
In section 13(9) (initial notice for enfranchisement)—
Omit section 21(2)(c) (counter-notice for enfranchisement).
In section 22 (proceedings relating to validity of initial notice...
In section 24(1)(b) (applications in enfranchisement where terms in dispute...
In section 25(1)(b) (applications in enfranchisement on failure to give...
In section 33(4) (costs of enfranchisement), omit “23(4) or”.
In section 37A(8)(c)(i) (compensation for ineffective enfranchisement claim), omit “23(4),”....
In section 42(7) (notice of extension)— (a) omit paragraph (b)...
Omit section 45(2)(c) (counter-notice for extension).
In section 46 (proceedings relating to validity of notice for...
Removal of public purposes restriction on enfranchisement and extension under the LRA 1967
In section 48(1)(b) (applications in extension where terms in dispute...
In section 49(1)(b) (applications in extension on failure to give...
In section 54(6) (suspension of extension during enfranchisement)—
In section 60(4) (costs incurred in connection with new lease),...
In section 61A(6)(a) (compensation for ineffective extension claim), omit “47(1)...
In section 62(3)(a) (definitions), omit “47 or”.
In section 74 (effect of scheme applications on claims)—
In Schedule 1 (conduct of proceedings by reversioner), omit paragraph...
In Schedule 2 (special categories of landlord), in paragraph 2,...
In Schedule 11 (procedure where competent landlord is not tenant’s...
Exception to enfranchisement for certified community housing providers
(1) The LRHUDA 1993 is amended as follows.
Removal of restriction on extension claims by sub-lessees
Eligibility of leases of National Trust property for extension
For section 95 of the LRHUDA 1993 (saving for National...
Consequential amendments to the LRA 1967
Determination and sharing of market value for purposes of section 37
Leases already extended under the old law in the LRA 1967
Business tenancies
Acquisition of a freehold house under the LRA 1967: shared ownership leases
Collective enfranchisement: property other than relevant flats etc and appurtenant property
Voluntary use of the standard valuation method
Property that is “subject to the standard valuation method”
Application of this Part of this Schedule
Assumptions in all cases: intermediate leases merged and no marriage or hope value
Additional assumption on transfer of freehold house or lease extension: repairing obligations and improvements
Additional assumptions on collective enfranchisements: repairing obligations, improvements & leasebacks
Freehold enfranchisements: the basis of the market value
Any determination of market value: specified matters to be taken into consideration
Any determination of market value: current lease gives rise to a right to hold over
Standard valuation method: other matters
Enfranchisement of house or lease extension: tenant with superior lease
Introduction
Step 1: determine the value of right to receive rent (the “term value”)
Rent (including a notional capped rent) that is to be used for determining the term value
Step 2 (freehold enfranchisement): determine the value of the freehold reversion (the “reversion value”)
Step 2 (lease extensions): determine the value of a 990 year lease (the “reversion value”)
Step 3: calculate the market value of the newly owned premises subject to the standard valuation method
Lease extensions: the basis of the market value
Entitlement and calculation of share
Freehold enfranchisements: the “eligible persons” and “qualifying transactions”
Lease extensions: the “eligible persons” and “qualifying transactions”
The loss suffered
Interpretation
Introduction
Lease not subject to a rent review
Lease subject to a rent review with fixed changes
Lease subject to any other rent review
Interpretation
How the market value is determined
Compulsory use of the standard valuation method
Tenant holding over or unexpired term of 5 years or less
Home finance plan leases
Market rack rent leases
Property included in the acquisition of a freehold house under section 2(4) of the LRA 1967
Application of this Schedule
Compensation payable
Provision to be construed as one with existing enfranchisement legislation
Meaning of specific expressions
Expressions with different meanings in relation to different statutory grants or leases
Involvement of other landlords: the LRA 1967
In section 19(10)(b) (price subject to local management scheme), for...
In section 23(5)(b) (terms of extended tenancy), omit “section 9(1)...
In section 24(1) (application of price), for “under section 9...
In section 31 (ecclesiastical property)— (a) in subsection (2)(a), after...
Other consequential amendments to the LRHUDA 1993
In section 13(3) (initial notice), for paragraph (d) substitute—
In section 18(2) (duty to disclose agreements)—
In section 27 (vesting orders under section 26: supplementary provision)—...
In section 32 (determination of price)— (a) in subsection (2),...
In section 39(1) (right to acquire new lease), for “a...
Involvement of other landlords: collective enfranchisement under the LRHUDA 1993
In section 42(3)(c) (notice to acquire new lease)—
In section 48(7) (applications where terms in dispute etc), for...
In section 51 (vesting orders under section 50: supplementary provision)—...
In section 56 (obligation to grant new lease)—
Omit section 66 (amendments to the LRA 1967).
In section 70(12) (estate management schemes)— (a) in paragraph (b),...
In section 73(10) (applications for estate management schemes), for the...
(1) Schedule 2 (special categories of landlords) is amended as...
(1) Schedule 5 (vesting orders under sections 24 and 25)...
Omit Schedule 15 (section 9 of the LRA 1967 as...
(1) Schedule 1 to the LRHUDA 1993 (conduct of proceedings...
In Schedule 8 to the LRHUDA 1993 (discharge of mortgages...
Involvement of other landlords: new lease under the LRHUDA 1993
(1) Schedule 11 to the LRHUDA 1993 (procedure where competent...
Other consequential amendments to the LRA 1967
In section 8(1) (obligation to enfranchise), after “price” insert “payable...
Omit section 9A (compensation payable in cases where right to...
Repeal of section 18 of the LRHUDA 1993
Amendment of the LRA 1967
Repeal of exclusions of shared ownership leases from Part 1 of the LRA 1967
Rateable value limits and low rent tests not to apply to shared ownership leases
No right of enfranchisement for certain shared ownership leases
Inclusion of terms for sharing staircasing payments
Meaning of “shared ownership lease”
Amendment of the LRHUDA 1993
Repeal of special provision for shared ownership leases in definition of “long lease”
No right to collective enfranchisement for certain shared ownership leases
Tenant under shared ownership lease to have right to new lease
Application of security of tenure provisions to extended leases
Consequential amendment
Collective enfranchisement: mandatory leaseback
Inclusion of terms for sharing staircasing payments
Meaning of “shared ownership lease”
Provision about “RTE companies”
Required statements in extended leases
Redevelopment break rights in extended leases
Consequential amendments to the LRA 1967
Repeal of obsolete provision in section 19 of the LRA 1967
Orders and regulations under the LRA 1967
Reduction of rent under intermediate leases
In Schedule 11 to the LRHUDA 1993 (procedure where competent...
Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967
Housing Act 1996
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
Finance Act 2003
Companies Act 2006
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
Immigration Act 2014
Consumer Rights Act 2015
Housing and Planning Act 2016
Tenant Fees Act 2019
Building Safety Act 2022
Leasehold Reform Act 1979
Local Government Act 1985
Housing Act 1985
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
Housing and Planning Act 1986
Housing Act 1988
Local Government and Housing Act 1989
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
Right to vary lease to replace rent with peppercorn rent
Failure to vary lease
Missing landlord or third party
Circumstances in which notice ceases to have effect etc
Tenant’s liability for costs
Liability for costs: failed claims
Liability for costs: successful claims
Actions of immediate landlord binding on other landlords
Duty of immediate landlord to conduct commutation claim on behalf of affected other landlords
Meaning of “qualifying lease” and exclusion of certain rent from the right to vary
Schedule 10 para.20
Regulations
Interpretation
Claiming the right to a peppercorn rent
Application to appropriate tribunal where claim or terms not agreed
Variation of the lease
Reduction of rent under intermediate leases
Jurisdiction of the appropriate tribunal in relation to paragraph 8
The LTA 1985 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 2...
In section 30D(9) (liability for building safety costs), for the...
In section 31 (reserve power to limit rents)—
In section 35 (application to Isles of Scilly)—
In paragraph 7(5) of the Schedule (right to notify insurers...
The LTA 1985 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 15...
In section 23A (effect of change of landlord)—
In section 26 (exception for tenants of certain public authorities)—...
In section 27 (exception for rent registered and not entered...
In Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986...
In Schedule 2 to the LTA 1987 (amendments to the...
In section 5 (information to be contained in rent books)—...
In Schedule 11 to the Local Government and Housing Act...
In section 83 of the Housing Act 1996 (determination of...
In Schedule 1 to the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration...
In the CLRA 2002— (a) omit section 152 (statements of...
In Schedule 15 to the Housing Act 2004 (minor and...
In the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (service charges)—
In Schedule 9 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013,...
In the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7), in the...
In the Housing and Planning Act 2016, omit section 131...
In the BSA 2022— (a) in section 112 (implied terms...
In section 10B(8) (regulations under section 10A), for the words...
In section 20 (consultation requirements)— (a) in subsection (4), for...
In section 20ZA (consultation requirements: supplementary)— (a) in subsection (3),...
In section 20E(4) (regulations under section 20D) for the words...
In section 20F(7) (limitation of service charges: excluded costs for...
In section 29 (meaning of “recognised tenants’ association”)—
In section 29A (tenants’ associations: power to request information about...
Notice of intent
Right to make representations
Final notice
Withdrawal or amendment of notice
Appeals
Recovery of financial penalty
Proceeds of financial penalties
Local Government Act 1974
(1) Section 33 (consultation between Local Commissioner and other Commissioners...
(1) Section 33ZA (collaborative working between Local Commissioners and others)...
In section 33ZB (arrangements for provision of administrative and other...
In section 34 (interpretation) in subsection (1), at the appropriate...
Housing Act 1996
Building Safety Act 2022
Annual reports
- Provide annual report to leaseholders if you manage their property and charge fees
Right to request information
- Provide estate management information to dwelling owners on request
Requests under section 80: further provision
- Provide information requested under section 80 within the specified period
Duty of estate managers to publish administration charge schedules
- Estate managers must publish an administration charge schedule
Effect of sales information request
- Respond to sales information requests from leaseholders
Browse 120 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Ban on grant or assignment of certain long residential leases of houses
Long residential leases of houses
Leases which have a long term
Series of leases whose term would extend beyond 21 years
Houses
Residential leases
Permitted leases
Permitted leases: certification by the appropriate tribunal
Permitted leases: marketing restrictions
Permitted leases: transaction warning conditions
Prescribed statements in new long leases
Restriction on title
Redress: right to acquire a freehold or superior leasehold estate
Redress: application of the right to acquire
Redress: general provision
Redress regulations: exercising and giving effect to the right to acquire
Enforcement by trading standards authorities
Financial penalties
Financial penalties: cross-border enforcement
Lead enforcement authority
General duties of lead enforcement authority
Enforcement by lead enforcement authority
Further powers and duties of enforcement authorities
Part 1: Crown application
Power to amend: permitted leases and definitions
Interpretation of Part 1
Removal of qualifying period before enfranchisement and extension claims
Removal of restrictions on repeated enfranchisement and extension claims
Change of non-residential limit on collective enfranchisement claims
Eligibility for enfranchisement and extension: specific cases
Acquisition of intermediate interests in collective enfranchisement
Right to require leaseback by freeholder after collective enfranchisement
Longer lease extensions
Lease extensions under the LRA 1967 on payment of premium at peppercorn rent
LRA 1967: determining price payable for freehold or lease extension
LRHUDA 1993: determining price payable for collective enfranchisement or new lease
Enfranchisement or extension: new method for calculating price payable
Costs of enfranchisement and extension under the LRA 1967
Costs of enfranchisement and extension under the LRHUDA 1993
Replacement of sections 20 and 21 of the LRA 1967
References to “the court” in Part 1 of the LRA 1967
Amendment of Part 1 of the LRHUDA 1993
References to “the court” in Part 1 of the LRHUDA 1993
No first-instance applications to the High Court in tribunal matters
Miscellaneous amendments
LRA 1967: preservation of existing law for certain enfranchisements
Part 2: consequential amendments to other legislation
Right to vary long lease to replace rent with peppercorn rent
Change of non-residential limit on right to manage claims
Costs of right to manage claims
Compliance with obligations arising under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the CLRA 2002
No first-instance applications to the High Court in tribunal matters
Extension of regulation to fixed service charges
Notice of future service charge demands
Service charge demands
Accounts and annual reports
Right to obtain information on request
Enforcement of duties relating to service charges
Limitation on ability of landlord to charge insurance costs
Duty to provide information about insurance to tenants
Duty of landlords to publish administration charge schedules
Limits on rights of landlords to claim litigation costs from tenants
Right of tenants to claim litigation costs from landlords
Restriction on recovery of non-litigation costs of enfranchisement, extension and right to manage
Appointment of manager: power to vary or discharge orders
Appointment of manager: breach of redress scheme requirements
Leasehold sales information requests
Regulations under the LTA 1985: procedure and appropriate authority
LTA 1985: Crown application
Part 4: consequential amendments
Application of Part 4 to existing leases
Meaning of “estate management” etc
Estate management charges: general limitations
Limitation of estate management charges: reasonableness
Limitation of estate management charges: consultation requirements
Limitation of estate management charges: time limits
Determination of tribunal as to estate management charges
Demands for payment
Enforcement of sections 78 to 81
Meaning of “administration charge”
Enforcement of section 84
Limitation of administration charges
Determination of tribunal as to administration charges
Codes of management practice: extension to estate managers
Notices of complaint
Appointment of substitute manager
Conditions for applying for appointment order
Criteria for determining whether to make appointment order
Appointment orders: further provision
Estate management: sales information requests
Charges for provision of information
Enforcement of sections 95 and 96
Part 5: Crown application
Interpretation of Part 5
Leasehold and estate management: redress schemes
Redress schemes: voluntary jurisdiction
Financial assistance for establishment or maintenance of redress schemes
Approval and designation of redress schemes
Redress schemes: no Crown status
Financial penalties
Financial penalties: maximum amounts
Decision under a redress scheme may be made enforceable as if it were a court order
Lead enforcement authority: further provision
Guidance for enforcement authorities and scheme administrators
Part 6: amendments to other Acts
Interpretation of Part 6
Meaning of “estate rentcharge”
Regulation of remedies for arrears of rentcharges
Steps relating to remediation of defects
Remediation orders
Remediation contribution orders
Recovery of legal costs etc through service charge
Repeal of section 125 of the BSA 2022
Higher-risk and relevant buildings: notifications in connection with insolvency
Interpretation of references to other Acts
Power to make consequential provision
Regulations
Extent
Commencement
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