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The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2022

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Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 694 (C. 39)

Landlord And Tenant, England And Wales

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2022

Made

21st June 2022

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(2) and (3) of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022(1).

Citation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations “the Act” means the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022.

Provision coming into force on 30th June 2022 (leases other than leases of retirement homes)

3.  Subject to regulation 4, sections 1 to 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Act come into force on 30th June 2022 (insofar as not already in force).

Provision coming into force on 1st April 2023 (leases of retirement homes)

4.  Sections 1 to 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Act come into force for the purposes of leases of retirement homes(2) on 1st April 2023.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Greenhalgh

Minister for Building Safety and Fire

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

21st June 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 (c. 1) (“the Act”) insofar as it is not already in force.

Regulation 3 brings into force, on 30th June 2022, sections 1 to 19 of , and the Schedule to, the Act (insofar as not already in force) for all leases except for leases of retirement homes (as defined in section 25(5) of the Act).

Regulation 4 brings into force, on 1st April 2023, the provisions mentioned above for the purposes of leases of retirement homes.

The Explanatory Notes for the Act provide an explanation of the provisions in the Act and will be available online https://www.legislation.gov.uk.

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(2)

See section 25(5) for the definition of “lease of a retirement home”.

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