Regulation 15 Disputes and variation of termsI1

If there is any dispute about the performance of the respective obligations of the relevant housing provider and the office holder under section 4, 5 or 6 or regulations 12 to 14 above which cannot be resolved by the grievance procedures, it shall be referred for arbitration by a single arbiter appointed by agreement between the relevant housing provider and the office holder or, failing agreement, by the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the decision of any arbiter so appointed shall be final.

The terms of occupation of the property by the office holder may, subject to regulations 12 to 14 above, be varied by agreement between the relevant housing provider and the office holder and, where appropriate, the statement of particulars of office shall be amended to reflect any such variation.