# The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/2377 · made 8 September 2003

This Order brings into force on 29th September 2003 provisions in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15) relating to the ombudsman, the giving of advice and rule and regulation making powers. By section 42 of the Act the Lord Chancellor may approve an ombudsman scheme and by section 62 the Lord Chancellor may give financial assistance to a person in relation to that person providing general advice about an aspect of the law of commonhold land, so far as it relates to residential matters. Sections 64 to 67 allow the Lord Chancellor to make regulations on commonhold and for those regulations to confer functions on the Registrar, to make rules on the registration of freehold estates in commonhold land and to make rules of court or rules of procedure in relation to commonhold land. Section 69 defines a number of terms in the Act and section 70 lists where other expressions are defined.

Made under: Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Section 181)

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## Introductory text

COMMONHOLD, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 8th September 2003
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 181(1) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2003.

## 2 

The following provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 shall come into force on 29th September 2003—
(a) section 42 (ombudsman);
(b) section 62 (advice);
(c) section 64 (orders and regulations);
(d) section 65 (registration procedure);
(e) section 66 (jurisdiction);
(f) section 67 (the register); and
(g) sections 69 (interpretation) and 70 (index of defined expressions) so far as they relate to those sections.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
David Lammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
8th September 2003

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 29th September 2003 provisions in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15) relating to the ombudsman, the giving of advice and rule and regulation making powers. By section 42 of the Act the Lord Chancellor may approve an ombudsman scheme and by section 62 the Lord Chancellor may give financial assistance to a person in relation to that person providing general advice about an aspect of the law of commonhold land, so far as it relates to residential matters. Sections 64 to 67 allow the Lord Chancellor to make regulations on commonhold and for those regulations to confer functions on the Registrar, to make rules on the registration of freehold estates in commonhold land and to make rules of court or rules of procedure in relation to commonhold land. Section 69 defines a number of terms in the Act and section 70 lists where other expressions are defined.

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