The second edition of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Code of practice for service charges in commercial property came into effect in October 2011. This practice note contains links to standard clauses and to other materials on the revised Code that are available to both subscribers to PLC and non-subscribers.

NOTE 1: the Second Edition of the Code was replaced by the Third Edition on 4 February 2014. The Second Edition is no longer accessible on the RICS website. For more information on the Third Edition, see Practice Note, Third Edition of the RICS Code of practice on service charges in commercial property.

NOTE 2: The specimen clauses referred to in this practice note have been updated to comply with the Third Edition of the Code.

NOTE 3: The RICS Information paper on commercial property service charge handover procedures (referred to in this practice note) has been superseded by the RICS Guidance note on the same topic (released March 2015). See Practice note, RICS Guidance note on commercial property service charge handover procedures.