Succession casesE+W
41.—(1) This rule applies to an application made under section 39 or section 53 of the 1986 Act.
(2) In proceedings under section 39, an applicant who opposes or intends to oppose any other application under that section may include in their own notice of application, or in a separate response, the following additional information—
(a)the reasons why they oppose or intend to oppose that other application;
(b)a statement whether they dispute that applicant's claim to be a designated applicant and, if so, why;
(c)a claim to be a more suitable applicant than any other and, if so, why;
(d)a statement whether or not the applicant has agreed with one or more other applicants or intending applicants to request the landlord's consent to a direction entitling them to a joint tenancy of the holding or might be willing to do so.
(3) If the landlord does not respond to an application within the time allowed, the landlord is not entitled to dispute any matter alleged in the application but—
(a)in the case of an application under section 39 or section 53, the landlord is entitled to give the landlord's views on the suitability of the applicant; and
(b)in the case of an application under section 39, the landlord may make an application under section 44 of the 1986 Act for consent to the operation of a notice to quit.