Schedules
Schedule 8Remediation costs under qualifying leases etc
16Information from landlords
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring a relevant landlord to give prescribed information or documents to a relevant tenant or other prescribed person.
2
Information or documents may be prescribed if they relate to any matter with which this Schedule is concerned.
3
The regulations may require the information or documents to be given in a prescribed way.
4
The regulations may provide that where a relevant landlord fails to comply with the regulations, prescribed costs—
a
are not to be regarded as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of a service charge payable under a relevant lease, and
b
must not be met from a relevant reserve fund.
5
The regulations may make provision for and in connection with an application to the First-tier Tribunal for an order—
a
determining whether a relevant landlord has failed to comply with the regulations, and
b
if so, requiring the relevant landlord to provide specified information or documents to a specified person by a specified time.
“Specified” here means specified in the order.
6
7
Information or documents may be specified in an order under sub-paragraph (5) only if the regulations require them to be provided to the specified person.
8
In this paragraph—
“relevant costs” has the meaning given by section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (and this applies in relation to a lease of premises that does not include a dwelling as it applies in relation to a lease of a dwelling);
“relevant landlord” means a landlord under a relevant lease;
“relevant lease” means a lease of premises in a relevant building;
“relevant reserve fund” has the meaning given by paragraph 10;
“relevant tenant” means a tenant under a relevant lease.