Section 118: Estate management schemes in connection with enfranchisement by virtue of s. 106.

Housing Act 1996 · 1996 c. 52View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Landlord and Tenant — Chapter III: Leasehold Reform

Chapter IV of Part I of the 1993 Act, except section 75(1), (estate management schemes in connection with enfranchisement by virtue of that Act) shall also have effect subject to the modifications mentioned in subsections (2) to (4) below.

In section 69(1) (definition of estate management schemes), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—

In section 70 (time limit for applications for approval), for "two years beginning with the date of the coming into force of this section" there shall be substituted ." two years beginning with the coming into force of section 118 of the Housing Act 1996 "

In section 74 (effect of application for approval on claim to acquire freehold), in subsection (1)—

in paragraph (b), in sub-paragraph (i), the words from "being" to the end shall be omitted, and
after that paragraph there shall be insertedand cin the case of an application for the approval of a scheme as an estate management scheme, the scheme would extend to the house or premises if acquired in pursuance of the notice..

Section 94(6) to (8) of the 1993 Act (estate management schemes relating to Crown land) shall also have effect with the substitution for any reference to a provision of Chapter IV of Part I of that Act of a reference to that provision as it has effect by virtue of subsection (1) above.

In section 33 of the National Heritage Act 1983 (general functions of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England), after subsection (2B) there shall be inserted—

In section 72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (general duty as respects conservation area in exercise of planning functions), at the end there shall be inserted—

In this section, "the 1993 Act" means the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

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