Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rent Abolition) Bill 2000

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rent Abolition) Bill 2000 would end ground rents by converting eligible leasehold interests in private homes, local-authority dwellings and other properties into full ownership. Former ground landlords and other affected interest-holders would receive compensation, secured against the newly created freehold, while disputes could be settled through arbitration. Freehold certificates and simpler Land Registry procedures would clarify ownership, and some lease restrictions would end, although protections such as rights of way would remain.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the abolition of ground rents and to provide compensation to those whose interests are affected as aforesaid, to provide for the apportionment of certain rents, to make provision in relation to the waiver and relaxation of certain restrictive covenants in leases, to provide for the arbitration of disputes arising out of the titles of persons whose interests are hereby enlarged to the fee simple, to provide for the registration of titles enlarged to the fee simple, to amend in other respects the law of landlord and tenant, and to provide for other matters connected to the matters aforesaid

Last updated 12 April 2018