Section 55: Service charge demands

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 · 2024 c. 22View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Regulation of leasehold

The LTA 1985 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).

Omit the following sections—

section 21 (request for summary of relevant costs);
section 21A (withholding of service charges);
section 21B (notice to accompany demands for service charges).

Before section 22 insert—

In the LTA 1987—

in section 47 (landlord's name and address to be contained in demands for rent etc), after subsection (3) insert— 3A Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to a written demand for payment of a service charge if section 21C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires the demand to include information which subsection (1) also requires the demand to include.;
in section 47A (building safety information to be contained in demands for rent etc), after subsection (3) insert— 3A Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to a written demand for payment of a service charge if section 21C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires the demand to include information which subsection (1) also requires the demand to include.

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