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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/15" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="0015">Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002</Citation></Title>
<Number>15</Number>
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<DateText>1st May 2002</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c01071" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/15/section/153" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-153">Section 153</CitationSubRef>: Notice to accompany demands for service charges</Title>
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<Text><Emphasis><CitationSubRef id="c01073" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/15/section/153" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-153">Section 153</CitationSubRef></Emphasis> requires landlords to include with service charge demands a summary of leaseholders’ rights and obligations in relation to service charges.  It inserts a new section 21B into the 1985 Act.  Subsection (2) of that new section provides a power to prescribe the form and content of such summaries by regulations.</Text>
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<Text>Subsections (3) and (4) of the new section 21B give leaseholders a specific right to withhold payment of service charges if the required information is not provided.</Text>
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