Service charges

Request to inspect supporting accounts &c.
22
1
This section applies where a tenant, or the secretary of a recognised tenants' association, has obtained such a summary as is referred to in section 21(1) (summary of relevant costs), whether in pursuance of that section or otherwise.
2
The tenant, or the secretary with the consent of the tenant, may within six months of obtaining the summary require the landlord in writing to afford him reasonable facilities—
a
for inspecting the accounts, receipts and other documents supporting the summary, and
b
for taking copies or extracts from them.
3
A request under this section is duly served on the landlord if it is served on—
a
an agent of the landlord named as such in the rent book or similar document, or
b
the person who receives the rent of behalf of the landlord;
and a person on whom a request is so served shall forward it as soon as may be to the landlord.
4
The landlord shall make such facilities available to the tenant or secretary for a period of two months beginning not later than one month after the request is made.