Application of section 124 of the Act (remediation contribution orders) to other buildingsI14

1

Section 124 of the Act applies in relation to a building that would, but for section 117(3) of the Act, be a relevant building7, with the modifications set out in paragraphs (2) and (3).

2

The following may not be specified as a body corporate or partnership for the purposes of section 124(3) —

a

a landlord under a lease of the relevant building or any part of it where that landlord is a company owned in part or in full by a majority of residential leaseholders of the building;

b

a person who was such a landlord at the qualifying time; or

c

a commonhold association, within the meaning of section 34 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.

3

Section 124(5) applies as if, in the definition of “interested person”, after sub-paragraph (d) there were inserted—

da

a special measures manager, within the meaning of paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 7;