The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2003/1987
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003.(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.intends to enter into a qualifying long term agreement to which section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 applies intends to carry out qualifying works to which that section (1) In these Regulations—value added tax shall be included where applicable; andwhere the estimate relates to a proposed agreement, it shall be assumed that the agreement will terminate only by effluxion of time.if it is a contract of employment; ora tenant management organisation; ora body established under section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 a holding company and one or more of its subsidiaries; ortwo or more subsidiaries of the same holding company;when the agreement is entered into, there are no tenants of the building or other premises to which the agreement relates; andthe agreement is for a term not exceeding five years.before the coming into force of these Regulations; andfor a term of more than twelve months,(3) An agreement for a term of more than twelve months entered into, by or on behalf of the landlord or a superior landlord, which provides for the carrying out of qualifying works for which public notice has been given before the date on which these Regulations come into force, is not a qualifying long term agreement.(4) In paragraph (1) —(1) Section 20 shall apply to a qualifying long term agreement if relevant costs beginning with the relevant date, andending with the date that falls twelve months after the relevant date.if the relevant accounts are made up for periods of twelve months, the date on which the period that includes the date on which these Regulations come into force ends, orif the accounts are not so made up, the date on which these Regulations come into force.a landlord intends to enter into a qualifying long term agreement on or after 12th November 2004; andhe has not at any time between 31st October 2003 and 12th November 2004 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,(4) In the case of subsequent accounting periods, the relevant date is the date immediately following the end of the previous accounting period.

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