Additional content of claim notice4

A claim notice must contain, in addition to the particulars required by section 80(2) to (7) (contents of claim notice) of the 2002 Act—

a

a statement that a person who—

i

does not dispute the RTM company’s entitlement to acquire the right to manage11; and

ii

is the manager party under a management contract12 subsisting immediately before the date specified in the claim notice,

must, in accordance with section 92 of the 2002 Act (duties to give notice of contracts), give a notice to the RTM company and to the person who is the contractor party13;

b

a statement that, from the acquisition date14, landlords under leases of the whole or any part of the premises to which the claim notice relates are entitled to be members of the RTM company;

c

a statement that the notice is not invalidated by any inaccuracy in any of the particulars required by section 80(2) to (7) of the 2002 Act or this regulation, but that a person who is of the opinion that any of the particulars contained in the claim notice are inaccurate may—

i

identify the particulars in question to the RTM company by which the notice was given; and

ii

indicate the respects in which they are considered to be inaccurate;

d

a statement that a person who receives the notice but does not fully understand its purpose, is advised to seek professional help; and

e

the information provided in the notes to the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.