Section 80 Exercise of right to have a management audit.

(1)

The right of any qualifying tenants to have a management audit carried out on their behalf shall be exercisable by the giving of a notice under this section.

(2)

A notice given under this section—

(a)

must be given to the landlord by the auditor, and

(b)

must be signed by each of the tenants on whose behalf it is given.

(3)

Any such notice must—

(a)

state the full name of each of those tenants and the address of the dwelling of which he is a qualifying tenant;

(b)

state the name and address of the auditor;

(c)

specify any documents or description of documents—

(i)

which the landlord is required to supply to the auditor under section 79(2)(a)(i), or

(ii)

in respect of which he is required to afford the auditor facilities for inspection or for taking copies or extracts under any other provision of section 79(2); and

(d)

if the auditor proposes to carry out an inspection under section 79(4), state the date on which he proposes to carry out the inspection.

(4)

The date specified under subsection (3)(d) must be a date falling not less than one month nor more than two months after the date of the giving of the notice.

(5)

A notice is duly given under this section to the landlord of any qualifying tenants if it is given to a person who receives on behalf of the landlord the rent payable by any such tenants; and a person to whom such a notice is so given shall forward it as soon as may be to the landlord.

Notes on Chapter V

Modifications

C1: Pt. 1 Ch. 5 modified (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 181(1), Sch. 7 para. 14; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(a); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(a)
C2: Pt. 1 Ch. 5 extended to Crown Land (30.9.2003 for E. for specified purposes, 30.3.2004 for W. for specified purposes, 28.2.2005 for E. for specified purposes, 31.5.2005 for W. for specified purposes) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 172, 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/3056, art. 3(h) (with art. 4); S.I. 2005/1353, art. 2(h)