{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-131",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-131.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016",
  "path": "section/131",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "131",
  "heading": "Limitation of administration charges: costs of proceedings",
  "text": "In Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (administration charges), after paragraph 5 insert—\n“Limitation of administration charges: costs of proceedings\n5A (1) A tenant of a dwelling in England may apply to the relevant court or tribunal for an order reducing or extinguishing the tenant's liability to pay a particular administration charge in respect of litigation costs.\n(2) The relevant court or tribunal may make whatever order on the application it considers to be just and equitable.\n(3) In this paragraph—\n(a) “litigation costs” means costs incurred, or to be incurred, by the landlord in connection with proceedings of a kind mentioned in the table, and\n(b) “the relevant court or tribunal” means the court or tribunal mentioned in the table in relation to those proceedings.\nProceedings to which costs relate\n“The relevant court or tribunal”\nCourt proceedings\nThe court before which the proceedings are taking place or, if the application is made after the proceedings are concluded, the county court\nFirst-tier Tribunal proceedings\nThe First-tier Tribunal\nUpper Tribunal proceedings\nThe Upper Tribunal\nArbitration proceedings\nThe arbitral tribunal or, if the application is made after the proceedings are concluded, the county court.\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 131 in force at 6.4.2017 by S.I. 2017/281, reg. 4(h) (with reg. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/131",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:11.976723+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."
}