http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/684/regulation/2The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004LandlordsTenantsVATLANDLORD AND TENANT, WALESStatute Law Database2025-03-24Expert Participation2025-02-24 These Regulations, which apply only in relation to Wales, relate to the amount that tenants can be required to contribute, by the payment of service charges, to relevant costs incurred by landlords in carrying out works or under certain agreements. Unless a landlord complies with prescribed consultation requirements or obtains a dispensation from a leasehold valuation tribunal under section 20(9) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 in respect of all or any of those requirements, tenants' contributions by way of service charges are limited. 21In these Regulations—“the 1985 Act” (“Deddf 1985”) means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985;“close relative” (“perthynas agos”), in relation to a person, means a spouse , civil partner or cohabitee (“ystyr “un sy’n cyd-fyw” (“cohabitee”) mewn perthynas â pherson, yw person sy’n byw gyda’r person hwnnw fel pe baent yn gwpl priod;”) in relation to a person, means a person living with that person as if they were a married couple;, a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, step-parent, step-son or step-daughter of that person ; cohabitee (“un sy’n cyd-fyw”) in relation to a person, means a person living with that person as if they were a married couple or civil partners; “nominated person” (“person a enwebwyd”) means a person whose name is proposed in response to an invitation made as mentioned in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 or paragraph 1(3) of Part 2 of Schedule 4; and “nomination” (“enwebiad”) means any such proposal;“public notice” (“hysbysiad cyhoeddus”) means any notice published, pursuant to the Procurement Act 2023 which relates to a public contract (within the meaning of section 3 of that Act).“relevant matters” (“materion perthnasol”), in relation to a proposed agreement, means the goods or services to be provided or the works to be carried out (as the case may be) under the agreement;“relevant period” (“cyfnod perthnasol”), in relation to a notice, means the period of 30 days beginning with the date of the notice;“RTB tenancy” (“tenantiaeth RTB”) means the tenancy of an RTB tenant;“RTB tenant” (“tenant RTB”), in relation to a landlord, means a person who has become a tenant of the landlord by virtue of section 138 of the Housing Act 1985 (duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease), section 171A of that Act (cases in which right to buy is preserved), or section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling) under a lease whose terms include a requirement that the tenant shall bear a reasonable part of such costs incurred by the landlord as are mentioned in paragraphs 16A to 16D of Schedule 6 to that Act (service charges and other contributions payable by the tenant);“section 20” (“adran 20”) means section 20 (limitation of service charges: consultation requirements) of the 1985 Act;“section 20ZA” (“adran 20ZA”) means section 20ZA (consultation requirements: supplementary) of that Act.2For the purposes of any estimate required by any provision of these Regulations to be made by the landlord—avalue added tax shall be included where applicable; andbwhere the estimate relates to a proposed agreement, it shall be assumed that the agreement will terminate only by effluxion of time. 1985 c. 70. 1985 c. 68. 1996 c. 52. Section 138 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) is applied in relation to section 171A by section 171C. Sections 171A and 171C were inserted by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), section 8. See also the Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2240) and the Housing (Preservation of Right to Buy) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2241). Section 138 is applied in relation to section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) by section 17 of that Act. See also the Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/619). See also section 139 and Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 6 to the Housing Act 1985. Paragraphs 16A to 16D in Part 3 of Schedule 6 were inserted by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), section 4(4). Reg. 2 in force at 31.3.2004, see reg. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3302), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 26Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.1.2006) by The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/5), reg. 1(1), Sch. 7 para. 5 (with reg. 49)Words in reg. 2 substituted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/107), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(1)Words in reg. 2 substituted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/107), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 70(1)Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (24.2.2025) by The Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/782), regs. 1(2), 49 (with reg. 2) (S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))