42 Service charge contributions to be held in trust
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (1987 c 31) | Legislation

42  Service charge contributions to be held in trust

(1)     This section applies where the tenants of two or more dwellings may be required under the terms of their leases to contribute to the same costs[, or the tenant of a dwelling may be required under the terms of his lease to contribute to costs to which no other tenant of a dwelling may be required to contribute,] by the payment of service charges; and in this section—

“the contributing tenants” means those tenants [and “the sole contributing tenant” means that tenant];

“the payee” means the landlord or other person to whom any such charges are payable by those tenants[, or that tenant, under the terms of their leases, or his lease];

“relevant service charges” means any such charges;

“service charge” has the meaning given by section 18(1) of the 1985 Act, except that it does not include a service charge payable by the tenant of a dwelling the rent of which is registered under Part IV of the Rent Act 1977, unless the amount registered is, in pursuance of section 71(4) of that

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