OpenLegislation

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2024

S.I. 2024/1018 · Made 7 October 2024

Original text. legislation.gov.uk does not revise statutory instruments, so later amendments are not shown here. Changes made to it are listed under each provision when known.

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS, ENGLAND

Made 7th October 2024

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124(3) of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2024 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 31st October 2024
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2024.

2Provisions coming into force on 31st October 2024

The following provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 come into force on 31st October 2024—

(a)

section 114 (steps relating to remediation of defects);

(b)

section 115 (remediation orders);

(c)

section 116 (remediation contribution orders);

(d)

section 120 (interpretation of references to other Acts) in relation to the definition of the Building Safety Act 2022f1.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rushanara Ali

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

7th October 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (c. 22) (“the Act”) relating to building safety.

Regulation 2 brings into force, on 31st October 2024, various sections of the Act which give effect to amendments of Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30). These provide clarification of the leaseholder protections.

A full impact assessment has been published in relation to the Act and copies can be obtained at https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-04/0013/LeaseholdandFreeholdReformBillImpactAssessment.pdf or from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom.