The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 29th September 2003 provisions in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15) relating to the ombudsman, the giving of advice and rule and regulation making powers. By section 42 of the Act the Lord Chancellor may approve an ombudsman scheme and by section 62 the Lord Chancellor may give financial assistance to a person in relation to that person providing general advice about an aspect of the law of commonhold land, so far as it relates to residential matters. Sections 64 to 67 allow the Lord Chancellor to make regulations on commonhold and for those regulations to confer functions on the Registrar, to make rules on the registration of freehold estates in commonhold land and to make rules of court or rules of procedure in relation to commonhold land. Section 69 defines a number of terms in the Act and section 70 lists where other expressions are defined.