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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Commonhold: consequential amendments

Law of Property Act 1922 (c. 16)

1At the end of paragraph 5 of Schedule 15 to the Law of Property Act 1922 (perpetually renewable leases) (which becomes sub-paragraph (1)) there shall be added—

(2)Sub-paragraph (3) applies where a grant—

(a)relates to commonhold land, and

(b)would take effect by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) as a demise for a term of two thousand years or a subdemise for a fixed term.

(3)The grant shall be treated as if it purported to be a grant of the term referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) (and sections 17 and 18 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (residential and non-residential leases) shall apply accordingly).