Contents
1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Leasehold Reform (Notices) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2Interpretation#
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—• “the Act” means the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;• any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section so numbered in the Act; and• any reference to a numbered Form is a reference to the Form bearing that number in the Schedule to these Regulations or a form substantially to the same effect.
3Forms to be used by tenants and landlords#
(1)The form to be used by a tenant for the purpose of giving notice under Part I (enfranchisement and extension of long leaseholds) of the Act of his desire to have the freehold or an extended lease of a house and premises is Form 1.
(2)The form to be used by a tenant for the purpose of giving notice under subsection (1)(b)(ii) of section 28 (retention or resumption of land required for public purposes) of his claim to be entitled to acquire the freehold or an extended lease of a house and premises is Form 2.
(3)The form to be used by a landlord for the purpose of responding to a tenant’s notice under paragraph (1) or (2) is Form 3.
4Revocation, savings and transitional provision#
(1)Subject to paragraph (2), the Leasehold Reform (Notices) Regulations 1967, the Leasehold Reform (Notices) Regulations 1969 and the Leasehold Reform (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 are hereby revoked.
(2)The Regulations revoked by paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in a case where a notice under section 8, 14 or 28 (tenant’s notice of desire to have or claim to be entitled to acquire the freehold or an extended lease) was given before the date these Regulations come into force.
Schedule · Forms of tenants' and landlords' notices under part I of the leasehold reform act 1967
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