50 Applications where landlord cannot be found
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (1993 c 28) | Legislation

50  Applications where landlord cannot be found

(1)     Where—

(a)     a qualifying tenant of a flat desires to make a claim to exercise the right to acquire a new lease of his flat, but

(b)     the landlord cannot be found or his identity cannot be ascertained,

the court [the appropriate tribunal] may, on the application of the tenant, make a vesting order under this subsection.

(2)     Where—

(a)     a qualifying tenant of a flat desires to make such a claim as is mentioned in subsection (1), and

(b)     paragraph (b) of that subsection does not apply, but

(c)     a copy of a notice of that claim cannot be given in accordance with Part I of Schedule 11 to any person to whom it would otherwise be required to be so given because that person cannot be found or his identity cannot be ascertained,

the court [the appropriate tribunal] may, on the application of the tenant, make an order dispensing with the need to give a copy

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