Information to be supplied by companies LTA 1985 s. 6
A company landlord must, upon written request from a weekly-rent tenant, provide names and addresses of its directors and secretary.
Where the landlord of premises to which section 4(1) applies (premises occupied as a residence at a weekly rent) is a company, and the tenant serves on the landlord a request in writing to that effect, the landlord shall give the tenant in writing particulars of the name and address of every director and of the secretary of the company. A request under this section is duly served on the landlord if it is served— on an agent of the landlord named as such in the rent book or other similar document, or on the person who receives the rent of the premises; and a person on whom a request is so served shall forward it to the landlord as soon as may be.
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What it actually says
This section applies only when the landlord is a company and the tenant occupies the premises as a residence at a weekly rent (under section 4(1)). The tenant must serve a written request on the landlord asking for the details. Once that request is made, the company must give the tenant the name and address of every director and the secretary.
The request can be served on the landlord by giving it to any agent named in the rent book or similar document, or to the person who actually collects the rent. That person must then forward the request to the landlord as soon as possible. If the landlord is a company, the tenant has a right to know who runs it.
When it applies
- A tenant renting a flat weekly from a property company sends a written letter asking for the directors' names.
- A tenant serves a written request on the rent collector who comes to the door each week.
- A tenant uses the name of an agent printed in the rent book to serve the request.
- A tenant wants to contact the directors directly about a repair and uses this section to get their addresses.
- A tenant's written request is handed to the person named in the rent book who then forwards it to the landlord.
What this section does not say
- It does not apply if the landlord is an individual, not a company.
- It does not apply if the tenancy is not at a weekly rent (e.g., monthly or annual).
- It does not require the company to give any other information, such as financial accounts or registered office.
- It does not specify what happens if the company fails to comply; that is dealt with in section 7 (offences).
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