The Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2004/670 |
2004 No. 670 (W.63)
LANDLORD AND TENANT
The Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004
Made 9th March 2004
Coming into force 31th March 2004
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 98 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 19931and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales2, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Name and commencement
1. These Regulations are called the Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on the 31st March 2004.
Application
2. These Regulations apply only—
(a) in respect of premises in Wales;
(b) to cases where a notice under section 13 (notice by qualifying tenants of claim to exercise right to collectively enfranchise) or section 42 (notice by qualifying tenant of claim to exercise right to acquire a new lease) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 is served on or after the date these Regulations come into force.
Amendments
3. The Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) Regulations 19933shall be amended as follows—
(a) delete paragraph 2 of Schedule 1; and
(b) for sub-paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2 substitute—
“1 The landlord may require the tenant to deduce his title to his tenancy, by giving him notice within the period of twenty one days beginning with the relevant date.”.
John Marek
The Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
9th March 2004
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) Regulations 1993 which set out the procedure to be followed in relation to claims for collective enfranchisement and lease renewal made under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28)(“the 1993 Act”). These Regulations apply to such claims made in respect of premises in Wales on or after the date the Regulations come into force.
The amendments are consequential to amendments made to sections 13 and 39 of the 1993 Act by section 120 and Schedule 14 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15)abolishing the residence test in the 1993 Act: one of the qualifying rules for tenants making claims for collective...
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