Prospective
Information held by superior landlordE+W
1For section 23 of the 1985 Act (information held by superior landlord) substitute—
“23 Information held by superior landlord
(1)If a statement of account which the landlord is required to supply under section 21 relates to matters concerning a superior landlord and the landlord is not in possession of the relevant information—
(a)he may by notice in writing require the person who is his landlord to give him the relevant information (and so on, if that person is not himself the superior landlord), and
(b)the superior landlord must comply with the requirement within a reasonable time.
(2)If a notice under section 22 imposes a requirement in relation to documents held by a superior landlord—
(a)the landlord shall immediately inform the tenant or secretary of that fact and of the name and address of the superior landlord, and
(b)section 22 then applies in relation to the superior landlord (as in relation to the landlord).”