The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003

1.—(1) The landlord shall give notice in writing of his intention to enter into the agreement—

(a) to each tenant; and

(b) where a recognised tenants' association(1) represents some or all of the tenants, to the association.

(2) The notice shall—

(a) describe, in general terms, the relevant matters or specify the place and hours at which a description of the relevant matters may be inspected;

(b) state the landlord’s reasons for considering it necessary to enter into the agreement;

(c) where the relevant matters consist of or include qualifying works, state the landlord’s reasons for considering it necessary to carry out those works;

(d) invite the making, in writing, of observations in relation to the proposed agreement; and

(e) specify—

(i) the address to which such observations may be sent;

(ii) that they must be delivered within the relevant period; and

(iii) the date on which the relevant period ends.

(3) The notice shall also invite each tenant and the association (if any) to propose, within the relevant period, the name of a person from whom the landlord should try to obtain an estimate in respect of the relevant matters.

(1)

See section 29(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, which was amended by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (c. 31), Schedule 2, paragraph 10.