The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Application for acquisition order under section 29 of the Act of 1987 E+W

Rule 19—(1) An application for an acquisition order under section 29 of the Act of 1987(1) shall—

(a) identify the premises to which the application relates and give such details of them as are necessary to show that section 25 of the Act of 1987 applies to them;

(b) give such details of the applicants as are necessary to show that they constitute the requisite majority of qualifying tenants;

(c) state the names and addresses of the applicants and of the landlord of the premises, or, where the landlord cannot be found or his identity ascertained, the steps taken to find him or ascertain his identity;

(d) state the name and address of the person nominated by the applicants for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1987;

(e) state the name and address of every person known to the applicants who is likely to be affected by the application, including, but not limited to, the other tenants of flats contained in the premises (whether or not they could have made an application), any mortgagee or superior landlord of the landlord, and any tenants' association; and

(f) state the grounds of the application,

and a copy of the notice served on the landlord under section 27 of the Act of 1987(2) shall be appended to the claim form unless the requirement to serve such a notice has been dispensed with, and an additional copy of the notice shall be filed.

(2) The respondents to an application for an acquisition order under section 29 of the Act of 1987 shall be the landlord of the premises and the nominated person, where he is not an applicant.

(3) A copy of the application shall be served on each of the persons named by the applicant under paragraph (1)(e), together with a notice stating that he may apply under rule 14 to be made a party to the proceedings.

(4) Where the nominated person pays money into court in accordance with an order under section 33 (1) of the Act of 1987, he shall file a copy of the certificate of the surveyor selected under section 33 (2)(a) thereof.

(1)

Section 29 was amended by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), section 85, 187(2), schedule 22; and by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), section 88.

(2)

Section 27 was amended by the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), section 85.