Schedule 7: Special Measures Paragraph 8: Special measures orders and orders under section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 Background
This provision amends section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.
	Under section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, tenants may have the right to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for a new manager to be appointed to manage the provision of services and works at their building or development. Paragraph 4 of this Schedule also allows for the Building Safety Regulator to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal for a Special Measures Manager to be put in place within a building in some circumstances.
	This paragraph will ensure that the First-tier Tribunal appointing a Special Measures Manager can amend an order made under section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 aligning the functions of this manager with that of the Special Measures Manager’s function under the Building Safety Act.
Example
A circumstance may arise where an Accountable Person has repeatedly failed to fulfil their duties under Part 4 of this Act in relation to an occupied higher-risk building. The Building Safety Regulator applies to the First-tier Tribunal for a special measures order to appoint a Special Measures Manager for the building to ensure that the required building safety management functions are carried out. However, it transpires that an existing manager was appointed through a section 24 order and is carrying out functions which relates to the fire and structural safety of the building. In this circumstance, the First-tier Tribunal amends the section 24 order to exclude those fire and structural safety functions from the section 24 manager’s role that have been incorporated into the Special Measures Manager’s functions.