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The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No.4) (Wales) Order 2007

W.S.I. 2007/3161 · Made 5 November 2007

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LANDLORD AND TENANT, WALES

Made 5 November 2007

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 181 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002f1 on the National Assembly for Wales and now vested in themf2, make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2002 c. 15.

f2

The powers conferred by section 181 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15) are exercisable by the appropriate authority. “Appropriate authority” is defined in section 181(4) of that Act and means, in relation to any provision of Part 2 of that Act, the National Assembly for Wales as respects Wales. That power is now vested in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

Contents

  1. 1Title and application
  2. 2Provision coming into force on 30 November 2007
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and application

(1)

The title of this Order is the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No.4) (Wales) Order 2007.

(2)

This order applies in relation to Wales.

2Provision coming into force on 30 November 2007

Section 153 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 comes into force on 30 November 2007 to the extent it is not already in force.

Signature

Jocelyn Davies

Under authority of the Minister for the Environment Sustainability and Housing, one of the Welsh Ministers

5 November 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 153 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (“the Act”) in relation to Wales.

Section 153 of the Act inserts section 21B into the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, which requires that a demand for service charges must be accompanied by a summary of the rights and obligations of the tenant.