The Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/1989
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 30th September 2003.

Section 2 Application

These Regulations apply only—

(a) in respect of premises in England;

(b) to cases where a notice under Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (tenant’s notice of desire to have or claim to be entitled to acquire the freehold or an extended lease) is given on or after the date these Regulations come into force.

Section 3 Amendments

The Leasehold Reform (Enfranchisement and Extension) Regulations 1967 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, after the words “tenancy and” insert “, in a case to which paragraph 2A applies,”;

(b) after that paragraph insert—

(2A) This paragraph applies where—

(a) the tenancy in question is a business tenancy; or

(b) a flat forming part of the house is let to a person who is a qualifying tenant for the purposes of Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993,

(c) in paragraph 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule after the words “tenancy and” insert “, in a case to which paragraph 1A applies,”;

(d) after that paragraph insert—

(1A) This paragraph applies where—

(a) the tenancy in question is a business tenancy; or

(b) a flat forming part of the house is let to a person who is a qualifying tenant for the purposes of Chapter 1 or 2 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.