Part 1: Leasehold houses Section 8: Permitted leases: certification by the appropriate tribunal
Section 8 sets out that there are certain permitted leases (outlined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) which require prior approval from the appropriate tribunal. This Section grants the appropriate tribunal – the First Tier Tribunal in England and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in Wales - a power to determine whether, upon application by a developer or other vendor, the applicant has the right to market and grant a new lease of a house.
	Subsection (1) details that a "permitted lease certificate" must be issued by the appropriate tribunal, upon receiving an application in relation to a long residential lease of a house, or a proposed long residential lease of a house, where the tribunal is satisfied that the lease is or will be a permitted lease under the definitions set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
	Subsection (2) sets out that the tribunal may issue a certificate irrespective of whether the lease or house is already in existence. For example, a house sold ‘off-plan’ may not yet have been built, or have an accompanying lease. This subsection caters for that event by allowing the tribunal to issue a certificate before either the house or lease has materialised.
	Subsection (3) details that a permitted lease certificate issued by the appropriate tribunal must (a) identify the house or land the certificate applies to (b) state the category or categories of permitted lease the certificate applies to. The tribunal may attach further conditions to the certificate as it deems appropriate.
	Subsection (4) sets out that a certificate is able to cover more than one leasehold house on a site. For example, if a Community Land Trust wished to sell ten new leasehold houses on a single plot of land, they would need only apply for a single certificate.