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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES

Meaning of "qualified accountant"

9(1)Section 28 of the 1985 Act shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (4)—

(a)in paragraph (b), for "or employee" substitute ", employee or partner"; and

(b)after paragraph (c) add—

(d)an agent of the landlord who is a managing agent for any premises to which any of the costs covered by the summary in question relate;

(e)an employee or partner of any such agent.

(3)After subsection (5) insert—

(5A)For the purposes of subsection (4)(d) a person is a managing agent for any premises to which any costs relate if he has been appointed to discharge any of the landlord's obligations relating to the management by him of the premises and owed to the tenants who may be required under the terms of their leases to contribute to those costs by the payment of service charges.