(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st January 2003 various provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 in relation to Wales, subject to the transitional provisions and savings in Schedule 2.
The provisions provide for changes to:
(a)collective enfranchisement by tenants of flats: sections 114 to 120, 125, 127 to 128;
(b)acquisition of new leases for tenants of flats: sections 129 to 136;
(c)enfranchisement and lease extension by tenants of houses: sections 137 to 147;
(d)applications to a leasehold valuation tribunal for the appointment of a manager to a block of flats: sections 160 and 161; and
(e)the grounds for applying to vary a lease: section 162.
The Order also brings into force consequential amendments and repeals in other Acts.