# The Commonhold Regulations 2004, Regulation 15: Commonhold community statement


(1) The commonhold community statement must be in the form in Schedule 3 (commonhold community statement) or a form to the same effect.
(2) The commonhold community statement must contain all the provisions contained in the form in Schedule 3 and will be treated as including those provisions.
(3) The commonhold community statement must include the name of the commonhold on the front page and signature page and must include the information relevant to the commonhold in the paragraphs in the Annexes.
(4) The commonhold community statement must be signed at the end in the following form—
(a) on application for registration under section 2—
“”; or
(b) where an amended commonhold community statement is registered in accordance with section 33—
“”
(5) The commonhold community statement must include information relevant to the commonhold in—
(a) paragraph 2 of Annex 3 if the directors of the commonhold association have established funds to finance the repair and maintenance of the common parts or commonhold units; and
(b) paragraph 5 of Annex 4 if there are other risks insured in addition to fire.
(6) The commonhold community statement is treated as including “0 per cent.” in paragraph 1 of Annex 4 unless different provision is made in its place.
(7) Where, by virtue of regulation 9(1)(b), in defining the extent of a commonhold unit, the commonhold community statement excludes the structure and exterior of a self-contained building, or of a self-contained part of a building, the commonhold community statement is treated as including provision which imposes a duty on the commonhold association to insure the whole of the self-contained building, or self-contained part of the building.
(8) Subject to paragraphs (9) to (12), the commonhold community statement may include further definitions and may include further numbered provisions relevant to the commonhold at the end of a Part or a Section or in an Annex.
(9) Where further definitions are included in the commonhold community statement each definition must be inserted in alphabetical order into paragraph 1.4.5 in the commonhold community statement.
(10) Where further provisions are included in the commonhold community statement which confer rights on the developer—
(a) the provisions must be inserted in an Annex headed “DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS”, such Annex must be numbered and be the last Annex in the commonhold community statement and a reference to its heading must be included in the table of contents in the commonhold community statement;
(b) a paragraph containing “Annex [ ] specifies the rights of the developer which are designed to permit him to undertake development business or to facilitate his undertaking of development business.” must be inserted in Section 1.3 in the commonhold community statement with the Annex number inserted in place of the brackets; and
(c) paragraph 4.8.14 in the commonhold community statement is treated as including
“; or to remove any surrendered development rights” at the end.
(11) Where any other provisions are included in the commonhold community statement in a Part or Section—
(a) each additional provision must be inserted in numerical order continuing the numbers within the relevant Part or Section;
(b) each additional provision must be immediately preceded by a heading which must include “additional provision specific to this commonhold” in the relevant Part or Section; and
(c) a reference to the heading must be included in the table of contents in the commonhold community statement.
(12) Where any other provisions are included in the commonhold community statement in an Annex—
(a) a heading which must include “ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS COMMONHOLD” must be inserted at the end of Part 4 followed by a numbered paragraph which reads “Additional provisions are set out in Annex” followed by the number given to the Annex by the commonhold association;
(b) a paragraph must be inserted in Section 1.3 in the commonhold community statement giving the number of the Annex and details of its contents; and
(c) a reference to its heading must be included in the table of contents in the commonhold community statement.
(13) In this regulation “commonhold community statement” means the commonhold community statement of a commonhold and a reference to a Part, Section or Annex means a Part, Section or Annex in the commonhold community statement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1829/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-regulations-2004/regulation-15
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