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(1)Any variation effected by an order under section 38 shall be binding not only on the parties to the lease for the time being but also on other persons (including any predecessors in title of those parties), whether or not they were parties to the proceedings in which the order was made or were served with a notice by virtue of section 35(5).
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), any variation effected by any such order shall be binding on any surety who has guaranteed the performance of any obligation varied by the order; and the surety shall accordingly be taken to have guaranteed the performance of that obligation as so varied.
(3)Where any such order has been made and a person was, by virtue of section 35(5), required to be served with a notice relating to the proceedings in which it was made, but he was not so served, he may—
(a)bring an action for damages for breach of statutory duty against the person by whom any such notice was so required to be served in respect of that person’s failure to serve it;
(b)apply to [F1the appropriate tribunal] for the cancellation or modification of the variation in question.
(4)[F2A tribunal] may, on an application under subsection (3)(b) with respect to any variation of a lease—
(a)by order cancel that variation or modify it in such manner as is specified in the order, or
(b)make such an order as is mentioned in section 38(10) in favour of the person making the application,
as it thinks fit.
(5)Where a variation is cancelled or modified under paragraph (a) of subsection (4)—
(a)the cancellation or modification shall take effect as from the date of the making of the order under that paragraph or as from such later date as may be specified in the order, and
(b)the [F3tribunal] may by order direct that a memorandum of the cancellation or modification shall be endorsed on such documents as are specified in the order;
and, in a case where a variation is so modified, subsections (1) and (2) above shall, as from the date when the modification takes effect, apply to the variation as modified.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 39(3)(b) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 77 (with Sch. 3)
F2Words in s. 39(4) substituted (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 163(6)(b), 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(a); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(a)
F3Word in s. 39(5)(b) substituted (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 163(6)(c), 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(a); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 38, 39 modified (30.9.2003 for E.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 181(1), Sch. 7 para. 10; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(a); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(a)
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