http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/28/section/4ALeasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993An Act to confer rights to collective enfranchisement and lease renewal on tenants of flats; to make further provision with respect to enfranchisement by tenants of houses; to make provision for auditing the management, by landlords or other persons, of residential property and for the approval of codes of practice relating thereto; to amend Parts III and IV of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987; to confer jurisdiction on leasehold valuation tribunals as respects Crown land; to make provision for rendering void agreements preventing the occupation of leasehold property by persons with mental disorders; to amend Parts II, IV and V of the Housing Act 1985, Schedule 2 to the Housing Associations Act 1985, Parts I and III and sections 248 and 299 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, Part III of the Housing Act 1988, and Part VI of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989; to make provision with respect to certain disposals requiring consent under Part II of the Housing Act 1985, including provision for the payment of a levy; to alter the basis of certain contributions by the Secretary of State under section 569 of that Act; to establish and confer functions on a body to replace the English Industrial Estates Corporation and to be known as the Urban Regeneration Agency; to provide for the designation of certain urban and other areas and to make provision as to the effect of such designation; to amend section 23 of the Land Compensation Act 1961, section 98 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and section 27 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986; to make further provision with respect to urban development corporations and urban development areas; and for connected purposes.1993-07-20texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-05-23Expert Participation2025-05-19 Part I LANDLORD AND TENANTChapter I COLLECTIVE ENFRANCHISEMENT IN CASE OF TENANTS OF FLATS Preliminary<Addition ChangeId="d29p556" CommentaryRef="c17043531"> RTE companies</Addition>4A1A company is a RTE company in relation to premises if—ait is a private company limited by guarantee, andbits articles of association state that its object, or one of its objects, is the exercise of the right to collective enfranchisement with respect to the premises.2But a company is not a RTE company if it is a commonhold association (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002).3And a company is not a RTE company in relation to premises if another company which is a RTE company in relation to—athe premises, orbany premises containing or contained in the premises,has given a notice under section 13 with respect to the premises, or any premises containing or contained in the premises, and the notice continues in force in accordance with subsection (11) of that section.Ss. 4A-4C inserted (26.7.2002 for E. for specified purposes, 1.1.2003 for W. for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 122; S.I. 2002/1912, art. 2(c) (subject to Sch. 2); S. I. 2002/3012, art. 2(c) (subject to Sch. 2)Pt. 1 Ch. 1: power to amend conferred (20.1.2007) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1181(1)(a), 1300(2); S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (with arts. 6, 8(2))Words in s. 4A(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 140(2) (with art. 10)