Moved by
Baroness Gardner of Parkes
101: After Clause 124, insert the following new Clause—
“Changes to leases: qualifying threshold for right to manage
(1) Where leaseholders in a shared building have the right to manage and a beneficial change or modification is proposed to the terms of the leases in relation to communal services or general safeguards held in that shared building, the change shall be agreed and made if a simple majority of the eligible leaseholders vote in favour of the proposal.
(2) In respect of a vote under subsection (1), a leaseholder shall —
(a) have the right to appoint a proxy to vote on his or her behalf; and
(b) be given adequate notice of when the vote will take place.
(3) A change to the terms of the leases under subsection (1) may include leasehold enfranchisement.
(4) If a leaseholder or his or her proxy fails to participate in the vote held under subsection (1) and reasonable arrangements have been made to enable him or her to do so, he or she shall be deemed to have voted in favour of the proposal.”