{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-ground-rent-act-2022/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-ground-rent-act-2022/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/1",
  "legislation_title": "Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-ground-rent-act-2022",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Assistance",
  "text": "(1) An enforcement authority may help a tenant—\n(a) to make an application under section 13 for a recovery order;\n(b) to make an application under section 15 for a declaration as to the effect of section 7 on the terms of a regulated lease (within the meaning of those sections);\n(c) to recover an amount that the appropriate tribunal orders to be paid under a recovery order.\n(2) For example, the enforcement authority may help by conducting proceedings or giving advice.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 25(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 30.6.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/694, reg. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 1.4.2023 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/694, reg. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/1/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:55.692767+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."
}