# Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, Paragraph 2: Time limits for notice of intent

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) A notice of intent may not be given to a person in respect of a breach of a leasehold house restriction after the earlier of the following—
(a) the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the day the breach occurs, and
(b) the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which evidence comes to the knowledge of the enforcement authority which the authority considers sufficient to justify giving the notice.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)—
(a) a breach of section 1(1) or 10(1) occurs on the day the lease is granted or (as the case may be) the agreement is entered into (or, in the case of a breach of either of those provisions consisting of entering into an agreement to grant a lease and subsequently granting it, the day on which the agreement is entered into);
(b) a breach of section 1(2) occurs on the day of the assignment or (as the case may be) the agreement is entered into (or, in the case of a breach of that provision consisting of entering into an agreement to assign a lease and subsequently assigning it, the day on which the agreement is entered into);
(c) a breach of section 9(2) occurs on the day the marketing material is made available (or, in the case of marketing material made available in relation to the same lease on more than one occasion, the first day on which such material is made available).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/22/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-and-freehold-reform-act-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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