Section 1: Commonhold land

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 · 2002 c. 15View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Commonhold

Land is commonhold land if—

the freehold estate in the land is registered as a freehold estate in commonhold land,
the land is specified in the articles of association of a commonhold association as the land in relation to which the association is to exercise functions, and
a commonhold community statement makes provision for rights and duties of the commonhold association and unit-holders (whether or not the statement has come into force).

In this Part a reference to a commonhold is a reference to land in relation to which a commonhold association exercises functions.

In this Part—

  • "commonhold association" has the meaning given by section 34,

  • "commonhold community statement" has the meaning given by section 31,

  • "commonhold unit" has the meaning given by section 11,

  • "common parts" has the meaning given by section 25, and

  • "unit-holder" has the meaning given by sections 12 and 13.

Sections 7 and 9 make provision for the vesting in the commonhold association of the fee simple in possession in the common parts of a commonhold.

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