Part 5: Housing, Estate Agents and Rentcharges: Other Changes Administration charges Section 131: Limitation of administration charges: cost of proceedings
This section amends Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 to give courts and tribunals a discretionary power to restrict the ability of a landlord to recover from the leaseholder as an administrative charge the landlord's costs of taking part in legal proceedings.
	Prior to the passing of this Act, the courts and tribunals had power only to restrict a landlord from recovering their legal costs through the service charge. This section strengthens the powers of the courts and tribunals so that on the application of a leaseholder they may restrict recovery of a landlord's costs through the service charge or as an administration charge.