{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-and-leasehold-reform-act-2002-commencement-no-2-and-savings-england-order-2003/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-and-leasehold-reform-act-2002-commencement-no-2-and-savings-england-order-2003/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1986",
  "legislation_title": "The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) (England) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-and-leasehold-reform-act-2002-commencement-no-2-and-savings-england-order-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings) (England) Order 2003.\n(2) In this Order—\n“LVT” means a leasehold valuation tribunal;\n“the 1967 Act” means the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985;\n“the 1987 Act” means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987;\n“the 1993 Act” means the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;\n“the 1996 Act” means the Housing Act 1996;\n“the first commencement date” means 30 September 2003;\n“the second commencement date” means 31 October 2003;\nreferences to sections and Schedules are, unless otherwise stated, references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002; and\nany reference to a repeal is to a repeal made by section 180 and Schedule 14.\n(3) This Order applies to England only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 88."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1987 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1993 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1996 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1986/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:11:13.369070+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}