Electricity and gas supply - 2024

Why are we doing a Leaseholder consultation?

The council current secure its utilities supply through the LASER Framework which expires on the 30th of September 2024, we are renewing this based on pricing security and an increased range of value adding customer services over other providers.

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 which contains the primary legislation about consultation in section 20 of the Act has been followed.

The law requires that leaseholders paying variable service charges must be consulted before a landlord carries out qualifying works or enters into a long-term agreement for the provision of services.

These regulations have been produced under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (as amended by S151 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002) which set out the precise procedures’ landlords must follow; these are the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) Regulations 2003

Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (as amended) (‘the 1985 Act’) provides that a landlord (as defined by Section 30 of the 1985 Act) must consult leaseholders who are required under the terms of their leases to contribute (by payment of service charges) to costs incurred under a qualifying long-term agreement, where the contribution of any one leaseholder exceeds £100 in any accounting period. ‘Qualifying long-term agreement’ is defined by Section 20ZA of the 1985 Act.