{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-ground-rent-act-2022/section-17",
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  "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/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation of enforcement provisions",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of sections 13 to 16 and the Schedule, the “appropriate tribunal” is—\n(a) in relation to a lease of premises in England, the First-tier Tribunal;\n(b) in relation to a lease of premises in Wales, a leasehold valuation tribunal.\n(2) In sections 10, 13 and 16, references to a tenant include—\n(a) a person acting on behalf of a tenant,\n(b) except in relation to section 16(1)(b), a person who has guaranteed the payment of rent by a tenant, and\n(c) except in relation to section 16(1)(b), a person who has ceased to be a tenant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 25(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 30.6.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/694, reg. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.4.2023 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/694, reg. 4"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/1/section/17",
    "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."
}