England and Wales · Property Chamber
When must a landlord reply to a tenant’s 1967 Act notice?
The landlord receiving the tenant’s qualifying house-enfranchisement or extended-lease notice. Give the prescribed notice in reply within two months. Give the tenant a prescribed-form notice stating admission or reasoned non-admission. Schedule 3 paragraph 7 concerns a tenant of a house proceeding under the 1967 Act. It is not the 1993 Act flat-lease counter-notice procedure. Paragraph 7(5) separately restricts when the tenant may institute court proceedings.
- Period
- Give the prescribed notice in reply within two months
- Trigger
- The giving date of the tenant’s notice under Part I of the 1967 Act
- Rule
- Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5). Schedule 3 paragraph 7 concerns a tenant of a house proceeding under the 1967 Act. It is not the 1993 Act flat-lease counter-notice procedure. Paragraph 7(5) separately restricts when the tenant may institute court proceedings.
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When must a landlord reply to a tenant’s 1967 Act notice?
The landlord receiving the tenant’s qualifying house-enfranchisement or extended-lease notice. Give the prescribed notice in reply within two months. Give the tenant a prescribed-form notice stating admission or reasoned non-admission. Schedule 3 paragraph 7 concerns a tenant of a house proceeding under the 1967 Act. It is not the 1993 Act flat-lease counter-notice procedure. Paragraph 7(5) separately restricts when the tenant may institute court proceedings.
Responsible actor. The landlord receiving the tenant’s qualifying house-enfranchisement or extended-lease notice.
The giving date of the tenant’s notice under Part I of the 1967 Act
Qualifying Part I house notice and giving event established
Schedule 3 paragraph 7 concerns a tenant of a house proceeding under the 1967 Act. It is not the 1993 Act flat-lease counter-notice procedure. Paragraph 7(5) separately restricts when the tenant may institute court proceedings.
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)How does this provision count time?
- Treat the qualifying giving day as the effective event. Use the corresponding date two calendar months later only where that date exists. No unsupported procedural holiday carry is imported.
- Give the tenant a prescribed-form notice stating admission or reasoned non-admission
- The landlord’s two-month reply must use the prescribed notice route. A nonworking terminal date does not justify importing Property Chamber rule 15. Establish ordinary effective giving to the tenant; a separate paragraph 7(5) court remedy has its own prerequisites.
Treat the qualifying giving day as the effective event. Use the corresponding date two calendar months later only where that date exists. No unsupported procedural holiday carry is imported.
The landlord’s two-month reply must use the prescribed notice route. A nonworking terminal date does not justify importing Property Chamber rule 15. Establish ordinary effective giving to the tenant; a separate paragraph 7(5) court remedy has its own prerequisites.
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Fictitious actual source event. The giving date of the tenant’s notice under Part I of the 1967 Act established on Thursday, October 8, 2026. Give the tenant a prescribed-form notice stating admission or reasoned non-admission. All selected source conditions are established unless this scenario expressly refuses them.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Fictitious actual source event. The giving date of the tenant’s notice under Part I of the 1967 Act established on Thursday, October 8, 2026. Give the tenant a prescribed-form notice stating admission or reasoned non-admission. All selected source conditions are established unless this scenario expressly refuses them. Independently derived with Python calendar correspondence or counted calendar dates, without importing the application helper or engine. | Tuesday, December 8, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Fictitious actual source event. The giving date of the tenant’s notice under Part I of the 1967 Act established on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Give the tenant a prescribed-form notice stating admission or reasoned non-admission. All selected source conditions are established unless this scenario expressly refuses them. Independently derived with Python calendar correspondence or counted calendar dates, without importing the application helper or engine. | The statutory completion endpoint 2026-12-13 is nonworking. Establish its applicable effective-completion and calendar interpretation; this candidate model does not invent a carry. |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Fictitious actual source event. The giving date of the tenant’s notice under Part I of the 1967 Act established on Thursday, October 8, 2026. Give the tenant a prescribed-form notice stating admission or reasoned non-admission. All selected source conditions are established unless this scenario expressly refuses them. Independently derived with Python calendar correspondence or counted calendar dates, without importing the application helper or engine. | The actual notice is not a qualifying 1967 Act house claim, or valid giving is not established. Do not substitute a flat-lease counter-notice. |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Applicable source condition 1
- Qualifying Part I house notice and giving event established
- Applicable source condition 2
- Prescribed-form landlord reply and recipient established
- Applicable source condition 3
- No missing corresponding month date or assumed tenant court deadline
- Counting and completion
- Treat the qualifying giving day as the effective event. Use the corresponding date two calendar months later only where that date exists. No unsupported procedural holiday carry is imported. The landlord’s two-month reply must use the prescribed notice route. A nonworking terminal date does not justify importing Property Chamber rule 15. Establish ordinary effective giving to the tenant; a separate paragraph 7(5) court remedy has its own prerequisites.
- Schedule 3 paragraph 7 concerns a tenant of a house proceeding under the 1967 Act. It is not the 1993 Act flat-lease counter-notice procedure. Paragraph 7(5) separately restricts when the tenant may institute court proceedings.
- Schedule 3 paragraph 7 concerns a tenant of a house proceeding under the 1967 Act. It is not the 1993 Act flat-lease counter-notice procedure. Paragraph 7(5) separately restricts when the tenant may institute court proceedings.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a landlord reply to a tenant’s 1967 Act notice?
Does this apply to a flat lease-extension notice?
No. This source concerns a tenant of a house under the 1967 Act. Flat claims under the 1993 Act use distinct notices.
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)What must the reply state?
It must state whether the landlord admits the tenant’s right to the freehold or extended lease. Non-admission must state its grounds.
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)Can the landlord reply in any letter format?
Paragraph 7(1) requires the prescribed form. Establish that requirement separately from the date calculation.
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)Must a property-boundary objection wait until after the reply?
Paragraph 7(2) ordinarily requires the objection with or before the reply, unless the right to give it later is reserved, subject to paragraph 7(3).
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)Can the tenant sue before a reply is given?
Paragraph 7(5) prevents enforcement proceedings before the reply or before two months have elapsed without it since giving the tenant’s notice.
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)Does admission resolve every property description issue?
Paragraph 7(4) makes the admission binding on right-related matters subject to the specified exception. It does not conclude correctness of the house-and-premises particulars.
Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5)Official sources and review
Provisions used (1)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Leasehold Reform Act 1967, Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)–(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |