Explanatory Notes

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002

2002 CHAPTER 15

1st May 2002

Commentary on the Sections: Part 1

Qualifying rules

Section 75: Qualifying tenants

131.Section 75 specifies which tenants are qualifying tenants for the purposes of acquiring the right to manage.  These are effectively any tenant of a flat under a ‘long lease’ (as defined in sections 76 and 77), subject to the proviso that there can only be one qualifying tenant per flat.  Business tenants cannot be qualifying tenants.