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The Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement) (Counter-notices) (Wales) Regulations 2003

W.S.I. 2003/990 · Made 2 April 2003

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LANDLORD AND TENANT, WALES

Made 2nd April 2003

Coming into force 10th April 2003

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by section 99(6)(b) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993f1, which are now vested in it so far as exercisable in Walesf2:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 28.

f2

See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Contents

  1. 1Name, commencement and application
  2. 2Name, commencement and application
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. 4Additional content of reversioner’s counter-notice
  5. 5Application
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Name, commencement and application

These Regulations are called the Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement) (Counter-notices) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and come into force on 10th April 2003.

2Name, commencement and application

These Regulations apply to Wales only.

3Interpretation

In these Regulations —

  • “the 1993 Act” (“Deddf 1993”) means the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;

  • “the specified premises” (“y tir a'r adeiladau penodol”) has the same meaning as in section 13(12)(a) of the 1993 Act.

4Additional content of reversioner’s counter-notice

A counter-notice given under section 21 (Reversioner’s counter-notice) of the 1993 Act must contain (in addition to the particulars required by that section) a statement as to whether or not the specified premises are within the area of a scheme approved as an estate management scheme under section 70 of the 1993 Act.

5Application

These Regulations apply to counter-notices given under section 21 of the 1993 Act on or after the date these Regulations come into force.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

2nd April 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

A person who receives a notice for a claim for collective enfranchisement made under Part I of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”) must respond by giving a counter-notice admitting or opposing the claim. These Regulations prescribe a requirement, in addition to those specified in section 21 of the 1993 Act, as regards the contents of the counter-notice.

These Regulations only apply to counter-notices given on or after the date these Regulations come into force.