Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1990
LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND
The Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) (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 98 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993( 1 ), and of 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 (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) (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 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 1993( 2 ) shall 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. ” .
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
4th August 2003
1993 c. 28 . 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 ).