Part 2Leasehold reform

Chapter 1Right to manage

Claim to acquire right

81Claim notice: supplementary

1

A claim notice is not invalidated by any inaccuracy in any of the particulars required by or by virtue of section 80.

2

Where any of the members of the RTM company whose names are stated in the claim notice was not the qualifying tenant of a flat contained in the premises on the relevant date, the claim notice is not invalidated on that account, so long as a sufficient number of qualifying tenants of flats contained in the premises were members of the company on that date; and for this purpose a “sufficient number” is a number (greater than one) which is not less than one-half of the total number of flats contained in the premises on that date.

3

Where any premises have been specified in a claim notice, no subsequent claim notice which specifies—

a

the premises, or

b

any premises containing or contained in the premises,

may be given so long as the earlier claim notice continues in force.

4

Where a claim notice is given by a RTM company it continues in force from the relevant date until the right to manage is acquired by the company unless it has previously—

a

been withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn by virtue of any provision of this Chapter, or

b

ceased to have effect by reason of any other provision of this Chapter.