Section 249 — Property Law Act 2007: Consequences of serving on lessee notice of intention to cancel lease under section 245 or 246

249 Consequences of serving on lessee notice of intention to cancel lease under section 245 or 246 (1) A lessor who has served a notice on a lessee in accordance with section 245 or 246 must, as soon as practicable, serve a copy of the notice on all of the following whose names and addresses are known to the lessor: (a) any mortgagee or receiver of the leasehold estate or interest; and (b) any sublessee of the lease; and (c) any mortgagee or receiver of the estate or interest of a sublessee. (2) The lessor’s failure to comply with subsection (1) does not, in itself, prevent the lessor from exercising a right to cancel the lease. Compare: Landlord and Tenant Act 1730, 4 Geo 2, c 28 s 2 (UK); 1952 No 51 s 118