[30D Liability for building safety costs]
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (1985 c 70) | Legislation

[30D  Liability for building safety costs]

[(1)     This section applies to a relevant lease of premises which consist of or include a dwelling in a higher-risk building.

(2)     In this section “relevant lease”—

(a)     means a lease—

(i)     that is granted for a term certain of 7 years or more, whether or not it is (or may become) terminable before the end of that term by notice given by the tenant or by re-entry or forfeiture, and

(ii)     under which the tenant is liable to pay a service charge [variable service charge] (within the meaning of section 18), but

(b)     does not include a relevant social housing tenancy.

(3)     The relevant lease has effect—

(a)     as if the matters for which the service charge is payable under the lease included the taking of building safety measures by or on behalf of a relevant person (insofar as this would not otherwise be the case), and

(b)     where the lease contains different methods for apportioning different relevant

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