UK Statutory Instrument SI 2022 United Kingdom

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) (Business Lease Notices) Regulations 2022

Section 2 of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 (c. 1) (“the 2022 Act”) provides for certain business leases to be excepted from the 2022 Act. Where use of the premises for business purposes are expressly permitted by the lease and the use of the premises as a dwelling …

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Enforcement
No single statutory enforcer
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

SI 2022/578 prescribes the forms of notices to be used under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part II (as amended) — section 25 landlord's notices, section 26 tenant's requests, and related communications. These are purely procedural requirements for private commercial landlord-tenant relations; there is no regulatory body that oversees or enforces the use of correct notice forms. Disputes about notice validity are a matter for the county court between the private parties. This SI is essentially subordinate procedure to the 1954 Act's private law regime.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Landlord1

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts
Housing Act 1985 55 duties
Housing Act 1996 30 duties

What it requires

Regulations 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 Form and content of business lease notices Regulated
  • Use correct form and content for business lease noticesLandlord
3 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and extent
s.002 Interpretation
s.004 Service of notices

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