Part 4 - Regulation of leasehold Section 65: Appointment of manager: power to vary or discharge orders
Section 65 makes minor amendments to Section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. It amends Section 24 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, by: firstly, in subsection (9), after "interested" inserting "or of its own motion"; and secondly, in subsection (9A), omitting "on the application of any relevant person. These Sections enable the appropriate tribunal to vary or discharge an order to appoint a manager without prior application to do so. The tribunal is only allowed to do this if it is satisfied in all cases that the variation of the discharge is just and convenient and would not lead to the recurrence of the circumstances that led to the order being made. This ensures that, where there are overlapping applications for a manager, for example for a manager over leasehold premises and for a manager over a freehold estate, the tribunal is able to decide which manager is best placed to carry out the relevant functions.