art 3 Notice where arbitration is available at the notice to remedy stage only
(1) Where a tenant on whom a notice to do work has been served wishes to have determined by arbitration under the 1986 Act any of the following questions, namely— (a) his liability under the terms or conditions of his tenancy to do any of the work specified in the notice, (b) the deletion from the notice of any item or part of an item of work on the ground that it is unnecessary or unjustified, or (c) the substitution, in the case of any item or part of an item of work, of a different method or material for the method or material which the notice would otherwise require to be followed or used, he shall do so by service of a notice requiring the question or questions to be determined by arbitration under the 1986 Act. (2) A notice under paragraph (1) above shall be in writing, and shall be served on the landlord within one month after the service on the tenant of the notice to do work. (3) A notice under paragraph (1) above shall specify, as the case may be— (a) any items in respect of which the tenant denies liability, (b) any items or parts of items which the tenant claims to be unnecessary or unjustified, and (c) any method or material in respect of which the tenant desires a substitution to be made.