Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Leasehold Reform (Collective Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st November 1993.

(2) In these Regulations references to sections and Schedules without more are references to sections of and Schedules to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

Procedure for collective enfranchisement

2.  In a transaction undertaken to give effect to an initial notice the nominee purchaser, the reversioner and any relevant landlord shall, unless they otherwise agree, be bound by Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Procedure for lease renewal

3.  In a transaction undertaken to give effect to a tenant’s notice, the landlord and the tenant shall, unless they otherwise agree, be bound by Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Notices

4.  Any notice, statement, answer or document required or authorised to be given under these Regulations —

(a)shall be in writing, and

(b)may be sent by post.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

G. S. K. Young

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

30th September 1993

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

30th September 1993