England and Wales · Property Chamber
What is the earliest counter-notice date in a collective enfranchisement notice?
The participating tenants giving the collective-enfranchisement initial notice. The specified counter-notice date must fall not less than two months after the relevant date. Specify the reversioner’s actual counter-notice date in the initial notice. Collective enfranchisement uses an initial notice and nominee purchaser. Section 13(5) sets the minimum specified date by reference to the relevant date. Do not substitute the tenant’s individual section 42 lease-extension procedure.
- Period
- The specified counter-notice date must fall not less than two months after the relevant date
- Trigger
- The legally established relevant date for the section 13 initial notice
- Rule
- Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10). Collective enfranchisement uses an initial notice and nominee purchaser. Section 13(5) sets the minimum specified date by reference to the relevant date. Do not substitute the tenant’s individual section 42 lease-extension procedure.
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What is the earliest counter-notice date in a collective enfranchisement notice?
The participating tenants giving the collective-enfranchisement initial notice. The specified counter-notice date must fall not less than two months after the relevant date. Specify the reversioner’s actual counter-notice date in the initial notice. Collective enfranchisement uses an initial notice and nominee purchaser. Section 13(5) sets the minimum specified date by reference to the relevant date. Do not substitute the tenant’s individual section 42 lease-extension procedure.
Responsible actor. The participating tenants giving the collective-enfranchisement initial notice.
The legally established relevant date for the section 13 initial notice
Actual qualifying statutory notice and effective event established
Collective enfranchisement uses an initial notice and nominee purchaser. Section 13(5) sets the minimum specified date by reference to the relevant date. Do not substitute the tenant’s individual section 42 lease-extension procedure.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)How does this provision count time?
- Use two calendar months after the established relevant date. The actual notice may specify a later counter-notice date.
- Specify the reversioner’s actual counter-notice date in the initial notice
- The collective-enfranchisement initial notice must allow at least two months from the relevant date. The calculation establishes the earliest permissible specified date. It does not prove the actual counter-notice date or move a weekend minimum to Monday.
Use two calendar months after the established relevant date. The actual notice may specify a later counter-notice date.
The collective-enfranchisement initial notice must allow at least two months from the relevant date. The calculation establishes the earliest permissible specified date. It does not prove the actual counter-notice date or move a weekend minimum to Monday.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Fictitious actual source event. The legally established relevant date for the section 13 initial notice established on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Specify the reversioner’s actual counter-notice date in the initial notice. 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 legally established relevant date for the section 13 initial notice established on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Specify the reversioner’s actual counter-notice date in the initial notice. 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. | Sunday, December 13, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Fictitious actual source event. The legally established relevant date for the section 13 initial notice established on Monday, October 5, 2026. Specify the reversioner’s actual counter-notice date in the initial notice. 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. | Saturday, December 5, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Fictitious actual source event. The legally established relevant date for the section 13 initial notice established on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Specify the reversioner’s actual counter-notice date in the initial notice. 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 or relevant date is missing, or the corresponding month date does not exist. No invented end-of-month substitution. |
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
- Actual qualifying statutory notice and effective event established
- Applicable source condition 2
- Corresponding terminal-month date exists and any other event is separately established
- Applicable source condition 3
- No imported tribunal calendar for a statutory court or notice boundary
- Counting and completion
- Use two calendar months after the established relevant date. The actual notice may specify a later counter-notice date. The collective-enfranchisement initial notice must allow at least two months from the relevant date. The calculation establishes the earliest permissible specified date. It does not prove the actual counter-notice date or move a weekend minimum to Monday.
- Collective enfranchisement uses an initial notice and nominee purchaser. Section 13(5) sets the minimum specified date by reference to the relevant date. Do not substitute the tenant’s individual section 42 lease-extension procedure.
- Collective enfranchisement uses an initial notice and nominee purchaser. Section 13(5) sets the minimum specified date by reference to the relevant date. Do not substitute the tenant’s individual section 42 lease-extension procedure.
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Questions about this procedure
What is the earliest counter-notice date in a collective enfranchisement notice?
Is this an individual lease-extension notice?
No. Section 13 concerns collective enfranchisement. A section 42 notice concerns a tenant’s claim for a new lease of a flat.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)Who responds to the initial notice?
The initial notice specifies the date by which the reversioner must respond by giving a section 21 counter-notice.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)What date starts the two-month minimum?
Section 13(5) names the relevant date. Establish that statutory event from the properly given initial notice.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)Can a later counter-notice date be specified?
Yes. The source sets a minimum of not less than two months, not an invariable expiry at two months.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)Does a valid date prove enough tenants joined?
No. The participating tenants, specified premises and other subsection (2)–(3) requirements remain separate.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)Can an overlapping initial notice be given while the earlier one remains in force?
Section 13(8) restricts subsequent notices specifying the whole or part of the premises while the earlier notice continues in force.
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10)Official sources and review
Provisions used (1)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, s.13(3)(g), (5), (8)–(10) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |