Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1989
LANDLORD AND TENANT
The Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003
Made
4th August 2003
Laid before Parliament
11th August 2003
Coming into force
30th September 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(2) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967( 1 ), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 30th September 2003.
Application
2. These Regulations apply only—
(a) in respect of premises in England;
(b) to cases where a notice under Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967(tenant’s notice of desire to have or claim to be entitled to acquire the freehold or an extended lease) is given on or after the date these Regulations come into force.
Amendments
3.The Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) Regulations 1967( 2 ) shall be amended as follows—
(a) in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, after the words “tenancy and” insert “, in a case to which paragraph 2A applies,”;
(b) after that paragraph insert—
“ 2A. This paragraph applies where—
(a) the tenancy in question is a business tenancy; or
(b) a flat forming part of the house is let to a person who is a qualifying tenant for the purposes of Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, ” ;
(c) in paragraph 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule after the words “tenancy and” insert “, in a case to which paragraph 1A applies,”;
(d) after that paragraph insert—
“ 1A. This paragraph applies where—
(a) the tenancy in question is a business tenancy; or
(b) a flat forming part of the house is let to a person who is a qualifying tenant for the purposes of Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. ” .
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
4th August 2003
1967 c. 88 . Section 22(2) was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 1974. S.I. 1974/1896 . The Secretary of State can exercise the power under this section only in relation to England: see article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ).
S.I. 1967/1879 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.