Landlord and Tenant Act 1987

10 (1) Section 29 of the 1985 Act shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for "tenants of flats in a building" substitute "qualifying tenants (whether with or without other tenants)".

(3) In subsection (4), for "the building is situated" substitute "the dwellings let to the qualifying tenants are situated, and for the purposes of this section a number of tenants are qualifying tenants if each of them may be required under the terms of his lease to contribute to the same costs by the payment of a service charge."

(4) For subsection (5) substitute—

“(5) The Secretary of State may by regulations specify—

(a) the procedure which is to be followed in connection with an application for, or for the cancellation of, a certificate under subsection (1)(b);

(b) the matters to which regard is to be had in giving or cancelling such a certificate;

(c) the duration of such a certificate; and

(d) any circumstances in which a certificate is not to be given under subsection (1)(b).”