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[F116B(1)Where a lease of a flat requires the tenant to pay service charges in respect of repairs (including works for the making good of structural defects), his liability in respect of costs incurred in the initial period of the lease is restricted as follows.E+W
(2)He is not required to pay in respect of works itemised in the estimates contained in the landlord’s notice under section 125 any more than the amount shown as his estimated contribution in respect of that item, together with an inflation allowance.
(3)He is not required to pay in respect of works not so itemised at a rate exceeding—
(a)as regards parts of the initial period falling within the reference period for the purposes of the estimates contained in the landlord’s notice under section 125, the estimated annual average amount shown in the estimates;
(b)as regards parts of the initial period not falling within that reference period, the average rate produced by averaging over the reference period all works for which estimates are contained in the notice;
together, in each case, with an inflation allowance.
(4)The initial period of the lease for the purposes of this paragraph begins with the grant of the lease and ends five years after the grant, except that—
(a)if the lease includes provision for service charges to be payable in respect of costs incurred in a period before the grant of the lease, the initial period begins with the beginning of that period;
(b)if the lease provides for service charges to be calculated by reference to a specified annual period, the initial period continues until the end of the fifth such period beginning after the grant of the lease; F2. . .
F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
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F1Sch. 6 Pt. III paras. 16A–D inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 4(4)
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