Fire Safety Bill — Commons Reason — Motion A2 (as an amendment to Motion A) — 28 Apr 2021 at 21:00

Moved by Baroness Pinnock

4N: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause-“Prohibition on passing remediation costs on to leaseholders and tenants pending operation of a statutory scheme(1) The owner of a building may not pass the costs of any remedial work attributable to the provisions of this Act on to leaseholders or tenants of that building.(2) This section has effect only until a statutory scheme is in operation which ensures that leaseholders and tenants of dwellings are not required to pay more than £50 per month during the course of the lease in respect of remedial work attributable to the provisions of this Act.(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a cost that-(a) is permitted under a lease or tenancy agreement that was made before this Act is passed, and(b) does not exceed £500, whether as a one-off cost, or in total across a 12-month period.(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a leaseholder who is also the owner or part owner of the freehold of the building.””

Ayes 153, Noes 242.

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