Section 21: Lands Tribunal order
86.This section allows an “entitled person” (as defined in section 13(4)) to apply to the Lands Tribunal for an order dispensing with the need to satisfy any of the conversion conditions set out in section 14(4). The entitled person is usually the landlord (of the qualifying lease or a superior lease) but in some circumstances is a neighbour.
87.Subsection (3) prevents an application being made unless there has first been an attempt to reach agreement under section 17.
88.Subsection (4) requires the application to be made within a year of the section coming into force. The application has also to include a description of the attempt to reach agreement.
89.Subsection (5) provides that the Lands Tribunal can make an order if it is satisfied that there would be material detriment to the value or enjoyment of the entitled person’s ownership (taking such person to have ownership) of the prospective benefited property were the qualifying condition in question to be extinguished. If an order is granted, the entitled person can then proceed to register a notice under section 14 converting the qualifying condition into a real burden.
90.Subsection (6) provides that the decision of the Lands Tribunal is final.
91.Subsection (7) makes provision for expenses in the case of a person opposing an application.
