The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/1357 (W.)
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2005 and they shall come into force on 31 May 2005.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

Regulation 4 (Application of section 20 to qualifying long term agreements) of the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 is amended —

(a) in paragraph (3), by the substitution, for “In”, of “Subject to paragraph (3A), in”; and

(b) by the insertion, after paragraph (3) of the following paragraph -

(3A) Where a landlord —

(a) intends to enter into a qualifying long term agreement on or after 31 May 2005; and

(b) has not at any time between 31 October 2003 and 31 May 2005 made up accounts relating to service charges referable to a qualifying long term agreement and payable in respect of the dwellings to which the intended agreement is to relate,

the relevant date is the date on which begins the first period for which service charges referable to that intended agreement are payable under the terms of the leases of those dwellings.