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Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

Annex A - Territorial extent and application in the United Kingdom

  1. The information provided in this Annex is the view of the UK Government. Section 123 sets out the territorial extent of clauses in the Act, which is England and Wales except for Section 23(5) which extends to the UK. The extent of an Act is the legal jurisdiction of which it forms part of the law; application refers to where it has practical effect. The application of the Act is England and Wales. The exceptions to this are the clauses relating to redress and building safety, which apply to England only.
  2. The main subject matter of the Act is the law of property which is a restricted matter in relation to Wales but within the legislative competence of the Scottish and Northern Irish legislatures.
  3. The exceptions are in regard to the subject matters of legal costs as they relate to the leasehold valuation tribunal, banning insurance commissions, service charge regulation, challenging estate management administration charges, sales information for leasehold properties and freehold properties on managed estates, and other modifications in relation to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal which are within the legislative competence of the Welsh legislature.
  4. The table below sets out the territorial extent of each Section of the Act.
    Provision

    England

    Extends to E & W and applies to England?

    Wales

    Extends to E & W and applies to Wales?

    Scotland

    Extends and applies to Scotland?

    Northern Ireland

    Extends and applies to Northern Ireland?

    Part 1: LEASEHOLD HOUSES

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    Section 3

    Section 4

    Section 5

    Section 6

    Section 7

    Section 8

    Section 9

    Section 10

    Section 11

    Section 12

    Section 13

    Section 14

    Section 15

    Section 16

    Section 17

    Section 18

    Section 19

    Section 20

    Section 21

    Section 22

    Section 23

    Section 24

    Section 25

    Section 26

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    Part 2: LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT AND EXTENSION

    Section 27

    Section 28

    Section 29

    Section 30

    Section 31

    Section 32

    Section 33

    Section 34

    Section 35

    Section 36

    Section 37

    Section 38

    Section 39

    Section 40

    Section 41

    Section 42

    Section 43

    Section 44

    Section 45

    Section 46

    Section 47

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    Part 3: OTHER RIGHTS OF LONG LEASEHOLDERS

    Section 48

    Section 49

    Section 50

    Section 51

    Section 52

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    Part 4: REGULATION OF LEASEHOLD

    Section 53

    Section 54

    Section 55

    Section 56

    Section 57

    Section 58

    Section 59

    Section 60

    Section 61

    Section 62

    Section 63

    Section 64

    Section 65

    Section 66

    Section 67

    Section 68

    Section 69

    Section 70

    Section 71

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    Part 5: REGULATION OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

    Section 72

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    Section 74

    Section 75

    Section 76

    Section 77

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    Section 80

    Section 81

    Section 82

    Section 83

    Section 84

    Section 85

    Section 86

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    Section 89

    Section 90

    Section 91

    Section 92

    Section 93

    Section 94

    Section 95

    Section 96

    Section 97

    Section 98

    Section 99



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    Part 6 LEASEHOLD AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT: REDRESS SCHEMES

    Section 100

    Section 101

    Section 102

    Section 103

    Section 104

    Section 105

    Section 106

    Section 107

    Section 108

    Section 109

    Section 110

    Section 111






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    Part 7: RENTCHARGES

    Section 112

    Section 113

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    Part 8: AMENDMENTS OF PART 5 OF THE BUILDING SAFETY ACT 2022

    Section 114

    Section 115

    Section 116

    Section 117

    Section 118

    Section 119






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    Part 9: GENERAL

    Section 120

    Section 121

    Section 122

    Section 123

    Section 124

    Section 125

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    SCHEDULES

    Schedule 1

    Schedule 2

    Schedule 3

    Schedule 4

    Schedule 5

    Schedule 6

    Schedule 7

    Schedule 8

    Schedule 9

    Schedule 10

    Schedule 11

    Schedule 12

    Schedule 13

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