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Part I Security of Tenure for Residential Tenants
Continuation and termination of tenancies to which s. 1 applies
Statutory tenancies arising under Part I
6. Application of Rent Acts where tenant retains possession.
8. Provisions as to repairs during period of statutory tenancy.
9. Principles to be observed in determining terms of statutory tenancy as to repairs and rent.
10. Provisions as to liabilities under tenant’s covenants in former lease.
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General and supplementary provisions
16. Relief for tenant where landlord proceeding to enforce covenants.
18. Duty of tenants of residential property to give information to landlords or superior landlords.
19. Application of Part I to tenancies granted in continuation of long tenancies.
20. Assumptions on which court to determine future questions.
21. Meaning of “the landlord” in Part I and provisions as to mesne landlords, etc.
Part II Security of Tenure for Business, Professional and other Tenants
Application to court for new tenancies
29. Order by court for grant of new tenancy or termination of current tenancy
31. Dismissal of application for new tenancy where landlord successfully opposes.
31A. Grant of new tenancy in some cases where s. 30(1)(f) applies.
37.Compensation where order for new tenancy precluded on certain grounds.
37A.Compensation for possession obtained by misrepresentation
38. Restriction on agreements excluding provisions of Part II.
Part IV Miscellaneous and Supplementary
53. Jurisdiction of county court where lessor refuses licence or consent.
55. Compensation for possession obtained by misrepresentation.
57. Modification on grounds of public interest of rights under Part II.
58. Termination on special grounds of tenancies to which Part II applies.
59. Compensation for exercise of powers under ss. 57 and 58.
60.†Special provisions as to premises provided under Distribution of Industry Acts 1945 and 1950, etc.
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63. Jurisdiction of court for purposes of Parts I and II and of Part I of Landlord and Tenant Act 1927.
64. Interim continuation of tenancies pending determination by court.
SCHEDULES
Supplementary Provisions as to Payments for Accrued Tenant’s Repairs
Part II Provisions as to making of payment by instalments
6.Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule,...
7.Any such instalment becoming payable at a time falling before...
8.(1) Where the landlord is not the immediate landlord of...
9.Any instalment becoming payable at a time when the landlord...
11.In the application of the last foregoing paragraph to a...
12.Where, during the period of the statutory tenancy and before...
Part III Variation of agreement or determination as to time for making payment
Further Provisions as to Repair where Tenant retains Possession
Provisions for purposes of Part I where Immediate Landlord is not the Freeholder
Provisions for Purposes of Part II where Immediate Landlord is not the Freeholder
Application of Part II to land belonging to Crown and Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall
3.Where immediately before the commencement of this Act a person...
4.For the purposes of section twenty-six and subsection (2) of...
6.(1) Where the landlord’s interest in the property comprised in...
8.Where at the commencement of this Act any proceedings are...
11.Notwithstanding the repeal of Part II of the Leasehold Property...
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