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Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 overview

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 — full text by section

Consolidated text as published on legislation.gov.uk, snapshot 2026-08-24. Read the Act on legislation.gov.uk

125 sections. Default extent: E+W+S+N.I..

  1. s.1Ban on grant or assignment of certain long residential leases of houses(E+W)
  2. s.2Long residential leases of houses(E+W)
  3. s.3Leases which have a long term(E+W)
  4. s.4Series of leases whose term would extend beyond 21 years(E+W)
  5. s.5Houses(E+W)
  6. s.6Residential leases(E+W)
  7. s.7Permitted leases(E+W)
  8. s.8Permitted leases: certification by the appropriate tribunal(E+W)
  9. s.9Permitted leases: marketing restrictions(E+W)
  10. s.10Permitted leases: transaction warning conditions(E+W)
  11. s.11Prescribed statements in new long leases(E+W)
  12. s.12Restriction on title(E+W)
  13. s.13Redress: right to acquire a freehold or superior leasehold estate(E+W)
  14. s.14Redress: application of the right to acquire(E+W)
  15. s.15Redress: general provision(E+W)
  16. s.16Redress regulations: exercising and giving effect to the right to acquire(E+W)
  17. s.17Enforcement by trading standards authorities(E+W)
  18. s.18Financial penalties(E+W)
  19. s.19Financial penalties: cross-border enforcement(E+W)
  20. s.20Lead enforcement authority(E+W)
  21. s.21General duties of lead enforcement authority(E+W)
  22. s.22Enforcement by lead enforcement authority(E+W)
  23. s.23Further powers and duties of enforcement authorities
  24. s.24Part 1: Crown application(E+W)
  25. s.25Power to amend: permitted leases and definitions(E+W)
  26. s.26Interpretation of Part 1(E+W)
  27. s.27Removal of qualifying period before enfranchisement and extension claims(E+W)
  28. s.28Removal of restrictions on repeated enfranchisement and extension claims(E+W)
  29. s.29Change of non-residential limit on collective enfranchisement claims(E+W)
  30. s.30Eligibility for enfranchisement and extension: specific cases(E+W)
  31. s.31Acquisition of intermediate interests in collective enfranchisement(E+W)
  32. s.32Right to require leaseback by freeholder after collective enfranchisement(E+W)
  33. s.33Longer lease extensions(E+W)
  34. s.34Lease extensions under the LRA 1967 on payment of premium at peppercorn rent(E+W)
  35. s.35LRA 1967: determining price payable for freehold or lease extension(E+W)
  36. s.36LRHUDA 1993: determining price payable for collective enfranchisement or new lease(E+W)
  37. s.37Enfranchisement or extension: new method for calculating price payable(E+W)
  38. s.38Costs of enfranchisement and extension under the LRA 1967(E+W)
  39. s.39Costs of enfranchisement and extension under the LRHUDA 1993(E+W)
  40. s.40Replacement of sections 20 and 21 of the LRA 1967(E+W)
  41. s.41References to “the court” in Part 1 of the LRA 1967(E+W)
  42. s.42Amendment of Part 1 of the LRHUDA 1993(E+W)
  43. s.43References to “the court” in Part 1 of the LRHUDA 1993(E+W)
  44. s.44No first-instance applications to the High Court in tribunal matters(E+W)
  45. s.45Miscellaneous amendments(E+W)
  46. s.46LRA 1967: preservation of existing law for certain enfranchisements(E+W)
  47. s.47Part 2: consequential amendments to other legislation(E+W)
  48. s.48Right to vary long lease to replace rent with peppercorn rent(E+W)
  49. s.49Change of non-residential limit on right to manage claims(E+W)
  50. s.50Costs of right to manage claims(E+W)
  51. s.51Compliance with obligations arising under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the CLRA 2002(E+W)
  52. s.52No first-instance applications to the High Court in tribunal matters(E+W)
  53. s.53Extension of regulation to fixed service charges(E+W)
  54. s.54Notice of future service charge demands(E+W)
  55. s.55Service charge demands(E+W)
  56. s.56Accounts and annual reports(E+W)
  57. s.57Right to obtain information on request(E+W)
  58. s.58Enforcement of duties relating to service charges(E+W)
  59. s.59Limitation on ability of landlord to charge insurance costs(E+W)
  60. s.60Duty to provide information about insurance to tenants(E+W)
  61. s.61Duty of landlords to publish administration charge schedules(E+W)
  62. s.62Limits on rights of landlords to claim litigation costs from tenants(E+W)
  63. s.63Right of tenants to claim litigation costs from landlords(E+W)
  64. s.64Restriction on recovery of non-litigation costs of enfranchisement, extension and right to manage(E+W)
  65. s.65Appointment of manager: power to vary or discharge orders(E+W)
  66. s.66Appointment of manager: breach of redress scheme requirements(E+W)
  67. s.67Leasehold sales information requests(E+W)
  68. s.68Regulations under the LTA 1985: procedure and appropriate authority(E+W)
  69. s.69LTA 1985: Crown application(E+W)
  70. s.70Part 4: consequential amendments(E+W)
  71. s.71Application of Part 4 to existing leases(E+W)
  72. s.72Meaning of “estate management” etc(E+W)
  73. s.73Estate management charges: general limitations(E+W)
  74. s.74Limitation of estate management charges: reasonableness(E+W)
  75. s.75Limitation of estate management charges: consultation requirements(E+W)
  76. s.76Limitation of estate management charges: time limits(E+W)
  77. s.77Determination of tribunal as to estate management charges(E+W)
  78. s.78Demands for payment(E+W)
  79. s.79Annual reports(E+W)
  80. s.80Right to request information(E+W)
  81. s.81Requests under section 80: further provision(E+W)
  82. s.82Enforcement of sections 78 to 81(E+W)
  83. s.83Meaning of “administration charge”(E+W)
  84. s.84Duty of estate managers to publish administration charge schedules(E+W)
  85. s.85Enforcement of section 84(E+W)
  86. s.86Limitation of administration charges(E+W)
  87. s.87Determination of tribunal as to administration charges(E+W)
  88. s.88Codes of management practice: extension to estate managers(E+W)
  89. s.89Notices of complaint(E+W)
  90. s.90Appointment of substitute manager(E+W)
  91. s.91Conditions for applying for appointment order(E+W)
  92. s.92Criteria for determining whether to make appointment order(E+W)
  93. s.93Appointment orders: further provision(E+W)
  94. s.94Estate management: sales information requests(E+W)
  95. s.95Effect of sales information request(E+W)
  96. s.96Charges for provision of information(E+W)
  97. s.97Enforcement of sections 95 and 96(E+W)
  98. s.98Part 5: Crown application(E+W)
  99. s.99Interpretation of Part 5(E+W)
  100. s.100Leasehold and estate management: redress schemes(E+W)
  101. s.101Redress schemes: voluntary jurisdiction(E+W)
  102. s.102Financial assistance for establishment or maintenance of redress schemes(E+W)
  103. s.103Approval and designation of redress schemes(E+W)
  104. s.104Redress schemes: no Crown status(E+W)
  105. s.105Financial penalties(E+W)
  106. s.106Financial penalties: maximum amounts(E+W)
  107. s.107Decision under a redress scheme may be made enforceable as if it were a court order(E+W)
  108. s.108Lead enforcement authority: further provision(E+W)
  109. s.109Guidance for enforcement authorities and scheme administrators(E+W)
  110. s.110Part 6: amendments to other Acts(E+W)
  111. s.111Interpretation of Part 6(E+W)
  112. s.112Meaning of “estate rentcharge”(E+W)
  113. s.113Regulation of remedies for arrears of rentcharges(E+W)
  114. s.114Steps relating to remediation of defects(E+W)
  115. s.115Remediation orders(E+W)
  116. s.116Remediation contribution orders(E+W)
  117. s.117Recovery of legal costs etc through service charge(E+W)
  118. s.118Repeal of section 125 of the BSA 2022(E+W)
  119. s.119Higher-risk and relevant buildings: notifications in connection with insolvency(E+W)
  120. s.120Interpretation of references to other Acts(E+W)
  121. s.121Power to make consequential provision(E+W)
  122. s.122Regulations(E+W)
  123. s.123Extent(E+W)
  124. s.124Commencement(E+W)
  125. s.125Short title(E+W)