HUD4 - Notice Requiring Information: to Freeholder - [LRHUD4]

Last EFIS release: 34/2002 (July 2002)

Form status: New/Amended

The Leasehold Reform (Notices)(Amendment)(England) Regulations 2002 represcribe L&T50 and L&T52 for use only in England from 26th July. The revised HUD forms 1,2,3,4,6 and 7 have also required amendments as a result of The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and, again, should only be used in England. Practitioners who wish to submit any of these forms in Wales should continue to use their existing versions until further notice.

WELSH PRACTITIONERS PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WELSH REFORMS THIS EFIS SHOULD NOT BE DOWNLOADED OR IMPORTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.


The majority of amendments flow from Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the 2002 Act which altered the qualifying rules for enfranchisement and extending leases by:-

(a) abolishing the residence test;
(b) stipulating a minimum period of two years of the tenant holding the lease;
(c) abolishing the low rent test;
(d) specifying details of the right to buy the freehold within the term of a lease extension;
(e) providing new obligations for the personal representatives of a deceased leaseholder.

We also anticipate that LGH1 and LGH2 will change but we are unable to include these forms in your update due to a delay in the relevant regulations being released. If LGH1 and LGH2 are represcribed, we will notify you with the updated forms via EFIS in the normal way.

Finally, we recommend that all practitioners delete form RR45 from their system which will become obsolete from 26th July and will not be replaced. Please refer to deletion instructions below.

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