Part IIILandlord and tenant

Chapter IIILeasehold Reform

Miscellaneous

119Leasehold valuation tribunals: pre-trial review

1

Procedure regulations may make provision in relation to proceedings before a leasehold valuation tribunal—

a

for the holding of a pre-trial review, on the application of a party to the proceedings or of the tribunal’s own motion; and

b

for the exercise of the functions of the tribunal in relation to, or at, a pre-trial review by a single member who is qualified to exercise them.

2

In subsection (1) “procedure regulations” means regulations under section 74(1)(b) of the [1977 c. 42.] Rent Act 1977, as that section applies in relation to leasehold valuation tribunals.

3

For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—

a

a“member” means a member of the panel provided for in Schedule 10 to that Act, and

b

a member is qualified to exercise the functions referred to if he was appointed to that panel by the Lord Chancellor.