Legal background
The Act implements a streamlined package of the enfranchisement and right to manage ("RTM") reforms recommended by the Law Commission in their reports of July 2020 (see details in Related Documents), together with other leasehold and homeownership reforms.
	The main legislation relevant to the rights of residential leaseholders is:
The Leasehold Reform Act 1967;
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987;
Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988;
The Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;
The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002; and
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022.
	The main legislation relevant to freeholders on managed estates and rentcharges is:
The Rentcharges Act 1977; and
The Law of Property Act 1925.
	The following abbreviations are used throughout these instructions:
"the 1967 Act" means the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;
"the 1985 Act" means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985;
"the 1987 Act" means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987;
"the 1993 Act" means the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;
"the 2002 Act" means the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002;
"the appropriate Tribunal" means the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (for England) and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (for Wales) unless otherwise stated; and
"the 2022 Act" means the Building Safety Act 2022.
	The Act in the main amends the 1967 Act, the 1985 Act, the 1993 Act and the 2022 Act.