Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002

Nature of commonhold

1 Commonhold land

(1) Land is commonhold land if—

(a) the freehold estate in the land is registered as a freehold estate in commonhold land,

(b) the land is specified in the memorandum of association of a commonhold association as the land in relation to which the association is to exercise functions, and

(c) 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).

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

(3) 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.

(4) 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.