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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(a)been withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn by virtue of any provision of this Chapter, or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.