# Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 URL: https://consilena.com/coverage/laws/stat_uk_ukpga_eliz2_2_3_56 - Jurisdiction: United Kingdom - Type: Act - Identifier: ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56 - Current as of: 30 July 2026 - Provisions: 176 - Official text: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56 - Licence: [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) - Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. > The library is a research copy. Check the official source before relying on a provision: the text published there, not the copy in Consilena, is the law. ## Provisions ### Part I – Security of Tenure for Residential Tenants - **s. 1 Protection of residential tenants on termination of long tenancies at low rents**: On the termination in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act of a tenancy to which this section applies the tenant shall be entitled to the… - **s. 2 Tenancies to which s. 1 applies**: (1) The foregoing section applies to any long tenancy at a low rent, being a tenancy as respects which for the time being the following condition (hereinafter… - **s. 3 Continuation of tenancies to which s. 1 applies**: (1) A tenancy which is current immediately before the term date and is then a tenancy to which section one of this Act applies shall not come to an end on that… - **s. 4 Termination of tenancy by the landlord**: (1) The landlord may terminate a tenancy to which section one of this Act applies by notice given to the tenant in the prescribed form specifying the date at… - **s. 5 Termination of tenancy by the tenant**: (1) A tenancy to which section one of this Act applies may be brought to an end at the term date thereof by not less than one month’s notice in writing given… - **s. 6 Application of Rent Acts where tenant retains possession**: (1) Where a tenancy is terminated by a landlord’s notice proposing a statutory tenancy the Rent Act shall apply, subject as hereinafter provided, as if the… - **s. 7 Settlement of terms of statutory tenancy**: (1) The … terms on which the tenant and any successor to his statutory tenancy may retain possession of the dwelling-house during that period, other than the… - **s. 8 Provisions as to repairs during period of statutory tenancy**: (1) Where it is agreed between the landlord and the tenant, or determined by the court, that the terms mentioned in subsection (1) of the last foregoing… - **s. 9 Principles to be observed in determining terms of statutory tenancy as to repairs and rent**: (1) Where it falls to the court to determine what initial repairs (if any) should be carried out by the landlord, the court shall not, except with the consent… - **s. 10 Provisions as to liabilities under tenant’s covenants in former lease**: (1) If on the termination of the former tenancy the tenant retains possession of the dwelling-house by virtue of section six of this Act, any liability… - **s. 12 Grounds for resumption of possession by landlord**: (1) The grounds on which a landlord may apply to the court for possession of the property comprised in a tenancy to which section one of this Act applies are… - **s. 13 Landlord’s application for possession**: (1) Where a landlord’s notice to resume possession has been served and either— (a) the tenant elects to retain possession, or (b) at the end of the period of… - **s. 14 Provisions where tenant not ordered to give up possession**: (1) The provisions of this section shall have effect where in a case falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of the last foregoing section the… - **s. 14A Compensation for possession obtained by misrepresentation**: Where an order is made for possession of the property comprised in a tenancy to which section 1 of this Act applies and it is subsequently made to appear to… - **s. 16 Relief for tenant where landlord proceeding to enforce covenants**: (1) The provisions of the next following subsection shall have effect where, in the case of a tenancy to which section one of this Act applies,— (a) the… - **s. 17 Prohibition of agreements excluding Part I**: The provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary: Provided that nothing in this Part of this Act shall… - **s. 18 Duty of tenants of residential property to give information to landlords or superior landlords**: (1) Where the property comprised in a long tenancy at a low rent is or includes residential premises, then at any time during the last two years of the term of… - **s. 19 Application of Part I to tenancies granted in continuation of long tenancies**: (1) Where on the coming to an end of a tenancy at a low rent the person who was tenant thereunder immediately before the coming to an end thereof becomes… - **s. 20 Assumptions on which court to determine future questions**: Where under this Part of this Act any question falls to be determined by the court by reference to the circumstances at a future date, the court shall have… - **s. 21 Meaning of “the landlord” in Part I and provisions as to mesne landlords, etc**: (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, in this Part of this Act the expression “the landlord”, in relation to a tenancy (in this section referred to as… - **s. 22 Interpretation of Part I**: (1) In this Part of this Act:— … “date of termination” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section four of this Act; “the dwelling-house” has… ### Part II – Security of Tenure for Business, Professional and other Tenants - **s. 23 Tenancies to which Part II applies**: — s. 23 — Tenancies to which Part II applies (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, this Part of this Act applies to any tenancy where the property… - **s. 24 Continuation of tenancies to which Part II applies and grant of new tenancies**: (1) A tenancy to which this Part of this Act applies shall not come to an end unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act… - **s. 24A Applications for determination of interim rent while tenancy continues**: (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, if— (a) the landlord of a tenancy to which this Part of this Act applies has given notice under section 25 of this Act to… - **s. 24B Date from which interim rent is payable**: (1) The interim rent determined on an application under section 24A(1) of this Act shall be payable from the appropriate date. (2) If an application under… - **s. 24C Amount of interim rent where new tenancy of whole premises granted and landlord not opposed**: (1) This section applies where— (a) the landlord gave a notice under section 25 of this Act at a time when the tenant was in occupation of the whole of the… - **s. 24D Amount of interim rent in any other case**: (1) The interim rent in a case where section 24C of this Act does not apply is the rent which it is reasonable for the tenant to pay while the relevant tenancy… - **s. 25 Termination of tenancy by the landlord**: (1) The landlord may terminate a tenancy to which this Part of this Act applies by a notice given to the tenant in the prescribed form specifying the date at… - **s. 26 Tenant’s request for a new tenancy**: (1) A tenant’s request for a new tenancy may be made where the current tenancy is a tenancy granted for a term of years certain exceeding one year, whether or… - **s. 27 Termination by tenant of tenancy for fixed term**: (1) Where the tenant under a tenancy to which this Part of this Act applies, being a tenancy granted for a term of years certain, gives to the immediate… - **s. 28 Renewal of tenancies by agreement**: Where the landlord and tenant agree for the grant to the tenant of a future tenancy of the holding, or of the holding with other land, on terms and from a date… - **s. 29 Order by court for grant of new tenancy or termination of current tenancy**: (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, on an application under section 24(1) of this Act, the court shall make an order for the grant of a new tenancy and… - **s. 29A Time limits for applications to court**: (1) Subject to section 29B of this Act, the court shall not entertain an application— (a) by the tenant or the landlord under section 24(1) of this Act; or (b)… - **s. 29B Agreements extending time limits**: (1) After the landlord has given a notice under section 25 of this Act, or the tenant has made a request under section 26 of this Act, but before the end of… - **s. 30 Opposition by landlord to application for new tenancy**: (1) The grounds on which a landlord may oppose an application under section 24(1) of this Act, or make an application under section 29(2) of this Act, are such… - **s. 31 Dismissal of application for new tenancy where landlord successfully opposes**: (1) If the landlord opposes an application under subsection (1) of section twenty-four of this Act on grounds on which he is entitled to oppose it in… - **s. 31A Grant of new tenancy in some cases where s. 30(1)(f) applies**: (1) Where the landlord opposes an application under section 24(1) of this Act on the ground specified in paragraph (f) of section 30(1) of this Act, or makes… - **s. 32 Property to be comprised in new tenancy**: (1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, an order under section 29 of this Act for the grant of a new tenancy shall be an order for the grant… - **s. 33 Duration of new tenancy**: Where on an application under this Part of this Act the court makes an order for the grant of a new tenancy, the new tenancy shall be such tenancy as may be… - **s. 34 Rent under new tenancy**: (1) The rent payable under a tenancy granted by order of the court under this Part of this Act shall be such as may be agreed between the landlord and the… - **s. 34A Rent under new tenancy conferring code rights**: (1) This section applies where— (a) the current tenancy is a subsisting agreement within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the Digital Economy Act 2017, and (b) the… - **s. 34B Compensation for exercise of code rights**: (1) This section applies where— (a) the court grants a new tenancy by an order under this Part of this Act, (b) the primary purpose of the new tenancy is to… - **s. 34C Further provision about compensation under section 34B**: (1) This section applies to the court’s power to order a tenant to pay compensation to a landlord under section 34B (compensation for exercise of code rights)… - **s. 35 Other terms of new tenancy**: (1) The terms of a tenancy granted by order of the court under this Part of this Act (other than terms as to the duration thereof and as to the rent payable… - **s. 36 Carrying out of order for new tenancy**: (1) Where under this Part of this Act the court makes an order for the grant of a new tenancy, then, unless the order is revoked under the next following… - **s. 37 Compensation where order for new tenancy precluded on certain grounds**: (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, in a case specified in subsection (1A), (1B) or (1C) below (a “compensation case”) the tenant shall be entitled on… - **s. 37A Compensation for possession obtained by misrepresentation**: (1) Where the court— (a) makes an order for the termination of the current tenancy but does not make an order for the grant of a new tenancy, or (b) refuses an… - **s. 38 Restriction on agreements excluding provisions of Part II**: (1) Any agreement relating to a tenancy to which this Part of this Act applies (whether contained in the instrument creating the tenancy or not) shall be void… - **s. 38A Agreements to exclude provisions of Part 2**: (1) The persons who will be the landlord and the tenant in relation to a tenancy to be granted for a term of years certain which will be a tenancy to which… - **s. 39 Saving for compulsory acquisitions**: (1) … (2) If the amount of the compensation which would have been payable under section thirty-seven of this Act if the tenancy had come to an end in… - **s. 40 Duty of tenants and landlords of business premises to give information to each other**: (1) Where a person who is an owner of an interest in reversion expectant (whether immediately or not) on a tenancy of any business premises has served on the… - **s. 40A Duties in transfer cases**: (1) If a person on whom a notice under section 40(1) or (3) of this Act has been served has transferred his interest in the premises or any part of them to… - **s. 40B Proceedings for breach of duties to give information**: A claim that a person has broken any duty imposed by section 40 of this Act may be made the subject of civil proceedings for breach of statutory duty; and in… - **s. 41 Trusts**: (1) Where a tenancy is held on trust, occupation by all or any of the beneficiaries under the trust, and the carrying on of a business by all or any of the… - **s. 41A Partnerships**: (1) The following provisions of this section shall apply where— (a) a tenancy is held jointly by two or more persons (in this section referred to as the joint… - **s. 42 Groups of companies**: (1) For the purposes of this section two bodies corporate shall be taken to be members of a group if and only if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are… - **s. 43 Tenancies excluded from Part II**: (1) This Part of this Act does not apply— (a) to a tenancy of an agricultural holding which is a tenancy in relation to which the Agricultural Holdings Act… - **s. 43ZA Further exclusion of home business tenancies from Part 2**: (1) This Part of this Act does not apply to a home business tenancy. (2) A home business tenancy is a tenancy under which— (a) a dwelling-house is let as a… - **s. 43A Jurisdiction of county court to make declaration**: Where the rateable value of the holding is such that the jurisdiction conferred on the court by any other provision of this Part of this Act is, by virtue of… - **s. 44 Meaning of the landlord in Part II, and provisions as to mesne landlords, etc**: (1) Subject to subsections (1A) and (2) below,, in this Part of this Act the expression “the landlord”, in relation to a tenancy (in this section referred to… - **s. 46 Interpretation of Part II**: (1) In this Part of this Act:— “ business ” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (2) of section twenty-three of this Act; “current tenancy” means the… ### Part III – Compensation for Improvements - **s. 47 Time for making claims for compensation for improvements**: (1) Where a tenancy is terminated by notice to quit, whether given by the landlord or by the tenant, or by a notice given by any person under Part I or Part II… - **s. 48 Amendments as to limitations on tenant’s right to compensation**: (1) So much of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section two of the Act of 1927 as provides that a tenant shall not be entitled to compensation in respect of… - **s. 49 Restrictions on contracting out**: In section nine of the Act of 1927 (which provides that Part I of that Act shall apply notwithstanding any contract to the contrary made after the date… - **s. 50 Interpretation of Part III**: In this Part of this Act the expression “Act of 1927” means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927, the expression “compensation” means compensation under Part I of… ### Part IV – Miscellaneous and Supplementary - **s. 51 Extension of Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938**: (1) The Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 (which restricts the enforcement of repairing covenants in long leases of small houses) shall extend to every… - **s. 52 Amendment of Law of Property Act 1925, s. 84**: (1) Subsection (12) of section eighty-four of the Law of Property Act 1925 (which provides that the procedure under that section for discharging or modifying… - **s. 53 Jurisdiction of county court where lessor refuses licence or consent**: (1) Where a landlord withholds his licence or consent— (a) to an assignment of the tenancy or a subletting, charging or parting with the possession of the… - **s. 54 Determination of tenancies of derelict land**: Where a landlord, having power to serve a notice to quit, on an application to the county court satisfies the court— (a) that he has taken all reasonable steps… - **s. 54A Rent reviews and arrangements for new tenancies**: (1) Schedule 7A makes provision about rent reviews. (2) Schedule 7B makes provision about terms relating to rent in arrangements which require a new tenancy to… - **s. 56 Application to Crown**: (1) Subject to the provisions of this and the four next following sections, Part II of this Act shall apply where there is an interest belonging to Her Majesty… - **s. 57 Modification on grounds of public interest of rights under Part II**: (1) Where the interest of the landlord or any superior landlord in the property comprised in any tenancy belongs to or is held for the purposes of a Government… - **s. 58 Termination on special grounds of tenancies to which Part II applies**: (1) Where the landlord’s interest in the property comprised in any tenancy belongs to or is held for the purposes of a Government department, and the Minister… - **s. 59 Compensation for exercise of powers under ss. 57 and 58**: (1) Where by virtue of any certificate given for the purposes of either of the two last foregoing sections or, subject to subsection (1A) below, section 60A… - **s. 60 †Special provisions as to premises provided under Distribution of Industry Acts 1945 and 1950, etc**: (1) Where the property comprised in a tenancy consists of premises of which the Secretary of State or the English Industrial Estates Corporation is the… - **s. 60A Welsh Development Agency premises**: (1) Where the property comprised in a tenancy consists of premises of which the National Assembly for Wales is the landlord by virtue of the Welsh Development… - **s. 62**: (1) … (2) … - **s. 63 Jurisdiction of court for purposes of Parts I and II and of Part I of Landlord and Tenant Act 1927**: (1) Any jurisdiction conferred on the court by any provision of Part I of this Act shall be exercised by the county court. (2) Any jurisdiction conferred on… - **s. 64 Interim continuation of tenancies pending determination by court**: (1) In any case where— (a) a notice to terminate a tenancy has been given under Part I or Part II of this Act or a request for a new tenancy has been made… - **s. 65 Provisions as to reversions**: (1) Where by virtue of any provision of this Act a tenancy (in this subsection referred to as “the inferior tenancy”) is continued for a period such as to… - **s. 66 Provisions as to notices**: (1) Any form of notice required by this Act to be prescribed shall be prescribed by regulations made by the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument. (2) Where… - **s. 67 Provisions as to mortgagees in possession**: Anything authorised or required by the provisions of this Act, other than subsection ... (3) of section forty, to be done at any time by, to or with the… - **s. 68 †Repeal of enactments and transitional provisions**: (1) … (2) The transitional provisions set out in the Ninth Schedule to this Act shall have effect. - **s. 69 Interpretation**: (1) In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:— “agricultural holding” has the same meaning… - **s. 70 Short title and citation, commencement and extent**: (1) This Act may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927, and this Act may be cited together as the Landlord and… ### FIRST SCHEDULE - **Sch. FIRST para. 1**: Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule, a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs which is to be payable otherwise than by instalments shall… - **Sch. FIRST para. 2**: Where it is determined by the court that a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs is to be payable otherwise than by instalments, the court may determine that… - **Sch. FIRST para. 3**: A payment for accrued tenant’s repairs which is payable otherwise than by instalments, or any part of such a payment, shall be recoverable from the tenant. - **Sch. FIRST para. 4**: (1) Where it has been agreed or determined that a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs should be paid otherwise than by instalments, and the period of the… - **Sch. FIRST para. 5**: In relation to a case where the court exercises the power conferred by paragraph 2 of this Schedule references in the last foregoing paragraph to the relevant… - **Sch. FIRST para. 6**: Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule, where under Part I of this Act it is agreed or determined that a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs… - **Sch. FIRST para. 7**: Any such instalment becoming payable at a time falling before the end of the period of the statutory tenancy shall be payable by the tenant. - **Sch. FIRST para. 8**: (1) Where the landlord is not the immediate landlord of the dwelling-house, the landlord and the immediate landlord may serve on the tenant a notice in the… - **Sch. FIRST para. 9**: Any instalment becoming payable at a time when the landlord is the immediate landlord or when a notice under sub-paragraph (1) of the last foregoing paragraph… - **Sch. FIRST para. 10**: If the period of the statutory tenancy comes to an end before all instalments of the payment for accrued tenant’s repairs have been paid, the remaining… - **Sch. FIRST para. 11**: In the application of the last foregoing paragraph to a case where the period of the statutory tenancy comes to an end before the relevant initial repairs have… - **Sch. FIRST para. 12**: Where, during the period of the statutory tenancy and before all instalments of the payment for accrued tenant’s repairs have become payable, the interest of… - **Sch. FIRST para. 13**: The tenant may apply to the court for the variation, on the grounds and to the extent hereinafter specified, of any agreement or determination for the making… - **Sch. FIRST para. 14**: The grounds on which an agreement or determination may be varied on an application under the last foregoing paragraph are the following:— (a) that the… - **Sch. FIRST para. 15**: The extent to which an agreement or determination may be so varied on an application under paragraph 13 of this Schedule is the following:— (a) if the… - **Sch. FIRST para. 16**: Where an agreement or determination is varied under this Part of this Schedule, the foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall thereafter apply with the… - **Sch. FIRST para. 17**: Any failure by the tenant to make a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs, or any part or instalment of such a payment, at the time when it becomes due shall be… - **Sch. FIRST para. 18**: Where any sum in respect of a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs has been recovered in advance of the carrying out of the relevant initial repairs, then in… - **Sch. FIRST para. 19**: In this Schedule the expression “immediate landlord” means the person who as respects the dwelling-house is the landlord of the tenant for the purposes of the… ### SECOND SCHEDULE - **Sch. SECOND para. 1**: (1) Where— (a) the tenant retains possession of the dwelling-house by virtue of subsection (1) of section six of this Act, and (b) by virtue of an agreement or… - **Sch. SECOND para. 2**: Where an order under paragraph 1 of this Schedule is in force, and on an application by the landlord the court is satisfied that the initial repairs have been… - **Sch. SECOND para. 3**: If, while an order under paragraph 1 of this Schedule is in force, it is agreed between the landlord and the tenant that the initial repairs in question have… - **Sch. SECOND para. 4**: Where, by virtue of an agreement or of a determination of the court, the tenant is required to carry out initial repairs to the dwelling-house, failure by the… - **Sch. SECOND para. 5**: Any amount paid by a mortgagee in respect of expenses incurred in carrying out initial repairs in accordance with an agreement or determination under Part I of… - **Sch. SECOND para. 6**: The purposes authorised for the application of capital money by section seventy-three of the Settled Land Act 1925 … , and the purposes authorised by section… - **Sch. SECOND para. 7**: A landlord’s notice proposing a statutory tenancy may contain a requirement that if the tenant retains possession by virtue of subsection (1) of section six of… - **Sch. SECOND para. 8**: Where the landlord gives such a notice which does not contain such a requirement, then if the tenant elects to retain possession his notification in that… - **Sch. SECOND para. 9**: Where the tenant retains possession of the dwelling-house by virtue of subsection (1) of section six of this Act and either the landlord or the tenant has made… - **Sch. SECOND para. 10**: Any record required to be made under the last foregoing paragraph shall be made by a person appointed, in default of agreement between the landlord and the… - **Sch. SECOND para. 11**: The cost of making any such record as aforesaid shall, in default of agreement between the landlord and the tenant, be borne by them in equal shares. ### THIRD SCHEDULE - **Sch. THIRD para. 1**: The grounds referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section twelve of this Act are the following, that is to say:— (a) that suitable alternative… - **Sch. THIRD para. 2**: Part IV of Schedule 15 to the Rent Act (which relates to the circumstances in which suitable accommodation is to be deemed to be available for the tenant)… ### FOURTH SCHEDULE - **Sch. FOURTH para. 1**: In relation to such a tenancy as is mentioned in subsection (2) of section nineteen of this Act, Part I of this Act shall have effect subject to the following… - **Sch. FOURTH para. 2**: For subsection (6) of section two there shall be substituted the following:— (6) In this Part of this Act the expression “term date”, in relation to any such… - **Sch. FOURTH para. 3**: For subsection (1) of section five there shall be substituted the following:— (1) A tenancy to which section one of this Act applies may be brought to an end… - **Sch. FOURTH para. 4**: Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of section three, where by virtue of subsection (1) of that section the tenancy is continued after the term date… - **Sch. FOURTH para. 5**: Where the tenancy is not terminated under the provisions of Part I of this Act at the term date thereof, then, whether or not it would have continued after… ### FIFTH SCHEDULE - **Sch. FIFTH para. 1**: (1) In this Schedule the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them in relation to a tenancy (in this Schedule referred to as “the… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 2**: Any notice given by the competent landlord under subsection (1) of section four of this Act, any agreement made under Part I of this Act between that landlord… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 3**: (1) Where in the four next following paragraphs reference is made to other landlords or to mesne landlords, the reference shall be taken not to include a mesne… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 4**: (1) If a notice is given by the competent landlord under subsection (1) of section four of this Act, or an agreement under Part I of this Act is made with the… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 5**: The competent landlord may serve on any other landlord a notice in the prescribed form requiring him to consent to the giving or making of any such notice or… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 6**: (1) It may be made a condition either— (a) of the giving of consent by a person whose consent is required under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, or (b) of the… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 7**: (1) Where under Part I of this Act the competent landlord is required by an agreement, or by a determination of the court, to carry out initial repairs to any… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 8**: Where, in consequence of the failure of the competent landlord to carry out initial repairs, the amount of any payment of rent is reduced under paragraph 1 of… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 9**: (1) Where in the case of a tenancy to which section one of this Act applies— (a) the interest of the immediate landlord is itself a tenancy (in this paragraph… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 10**: (1) The provisions of the next following sub-paragraph shall have effect where, in the case of a tenancy to which section one of this Act applies,— (a) the… - **Sch. FIFTH para. 11**: (1) Where subsection (1) of section ten of this Act applies, any terms to which this paragraph applies shall cease to have effect in so far as they relate to… ### SIXTH SCHEDULE - **Sch. SIXTH para. 1**: In this Schedule the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them in relation to a tenancy (in this Schedule referred to as “the relevant… - **Sch. SIXTH para. 2**: Where the period for which in accordance with the provisions of Part II of this Act it is agreed or determined by the court that a new tenancy should be… - **Sch. SIXTH para. 3**: (1) Any notice given by the competent landlord under Part II of this Act to terminate the relevant tenancy, and any agreement made between that landlord and… - **Sch. SIXTH para. 4**: (1) If the competent landlord, not being the immediate landlord, gives any such notice or makes any such agreement as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of the… - **Sch. SIXTH para. 5**: An agreement between the competent landlord and the tenant made for the purposes of Part II of this Act in a case where— (a) the competent landlord is himself… - **Sch. SIXTH para. 6**: Where the competent landlord has given a notice under section 25 of this Act to terminate the relevant tenancy and, within two months after the giving of the… - **Sch. SIXTH para. 7**: If the competent landlord’s interest in the property comprised in the relevant tenancy is a tenancy which will come or can be brought to an end within sixteen… ### Schedule 7A - **Sch. 7A para. 1 “Business tenancy”**: (1) A tenancy is a “business tenancy” at a particular time if, at that time, Part 2 of this Act— (a) applies to the tenancy, or (b) has the potential to apply… - **Sch. 7A para. 2 “Business tenancy with a rent review”**: (1) A tenancy is a “business tenancy with a rent review” at a particular time if, at that time— (a) it is a business tenancy, and (b) it is subject to rent… - **Sch. 7A para. 3 Application of this Part**: (1) This Part of this Schedule applies to a tenancy at a particular time if— (a) at that time it is a business tenancy with a rent review, (b) the tenancy was—… - **Sch. 7A para. 4 Tenant to have power to trigger a rent review**: (1) This paragraph applies if— (a) an action is necessary for a particular rent review to be initiated (a “trigger action”), and (b) the rent review terms, or… - **Sch. 7A para. 5 Tenant to have power to take action to enable rent review to operate effectively**: (1) This paragraph applies if— (a) an action is necessary for a particular rent review to operate effectively (an “operational action”), and (b) the rent… - **Sch. 7A para. 6 Application of this Part**: (1) This Part of this Schedule applies to a tenancy at a particular time if— (a) at that time it is a business tenancy with a rent review, (b) at that time the… - **Sch. 7A para. 7 Rent review terms that “do not specify new passing rent”**: Rent review terms “do not specify new passing rent” if they are such that an amount of rent under review that will be payable at a time during the term of the… - **Sch. 7A para. 8 Elements 1 and 2**: (1) This paragraph sets out elements 1 and 2. (2) Element 1: an amount of rent (the “reference amount”) is determined by reference to— (a) the effect of… - **Sch. 7A para. 9 Amount of new passing rent to be larger than reference amount**: (1) This paragraph applies in relation to a particular rent review if the amount of the new passing rent determined in accordance with the rent review terms… - **Sch. 7A para. 10 Exceptions**: (1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, provide for exceptions from paragraph 9 (whether an exception relates to the paragraph generally or to an… - **Sch. 7A para. 11 Application of this Part**: (1) This Part of this Schedule applies to a tenancy (the “superior tenancy”) at a particular time if, at that time— (a) the superior tenancy is a business… - **Sch. 7A para. 12 Modification of terms of superior tenancy**: (1) The superior tenancy has effect after this Schedule comes into force as if it requires, or as the case may be permits, the authorised sub-tenancy to… - **Sch. 7A para. 13 Interpretation**: (1) The following provision applies for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule. (2) The superior tenancy permits the grant of a sub-tenancy, or the… - **Sch. 7A para. 14 Anti-avoidance**: An agreement (whether contained in the instrument creating the tenancy or not) is void if, or to the extent that, it purports to require the tenant to make a… - **Sch. 7A para. 15 Interpretation**: (1) In this Schedule— “business tenancy” has the meaning given in paragraph 1; “business tenancy with a rent review” has the meaning given in paragraph 2. (2)… ### Schedule 7B - **Sch. 7B para. 1 Application of this Schedule**: This Schedule applies at a particular time if, at that time, conditions A to F are met. - **Sch. 7B para. 2 Condition A: a business tenancy**: (1) Condition A is met if Part 2 of this Act— (a) applies to the tenancy, or (b) has the potential to apply to the tenancy. (2) In the following paragraphs of… - **Sch. 7B para. 3 Condition B: a tenancy renewal arrangement**: (1) Condition B is met if the tenant under the existing tenancy is a party to a tenancy renewal arrangement. (2) In this Schedule— “new tenancy” means a new… - **Sch. 7B para. 4 Condition C: tenancy renewal arrangement on or after 17 March 2026**: Condition C is met if the tenancy renewal arrangement is entered into on or after 17 March 2026. - **Sch. 7B para. 5 Condition D: initial rent not known**: Condition D is met if the rent payable at the start of the term of the new tenancy (the “initial rent”)— (a) is not known, and (b) cannot be determined, at the… - **Sch. 7B para. 6 Condition E: terms for determining the initial rent**: Condition E is met if the tenancy renewal arrangement is subject to terms for determining the initial rent (the “rent determination terms”) (whether or not… - **Sch. 7B para. 7 Condition F: method for determining the initial rent**: (1) Condition F is met if the rent determination terms include elements 1 and 2 (whether or not they include any other elements). (2) Element 1: an amount of… - **Sch. 7B para. 8 Amount of initial rent to be larger than reference amount**: (1) This paragraph applies in relation to the new tenancy if the amount of the initial rent determined in accordance with the rent determination terms would be… - **Sch. 7B para. 9 Exceptions**: (1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, provide for exceptions from paragraph 8 (whether an exception relates to the paragraph generally or to an… - **Sch. 7B para. 10 Anti-avoidance**: An agreement (whether contained in the tenancy renewal arrangement or not) is void if, or to the extent that, it purports to require the tenant to make a… - **Sch. 7B para. 11 Interpretation**: In this Schedule, in relation to a tenancy— “existing tenancy” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(2); “inflation” means a change in prices or costs… ### EIGHTH SCHEDULE - **Sch. EIGHTH para. 1**: Where an interest in any property comprised in a tenancy belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, then for the purposes of Part II of this… - **Sch. EIGHTH para. 2**: Where an interest in any property comprised in a tenancy belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall, then for the purposes of Part II of this Act such person as the Duke… - **Sch. EIGHTH para. 4**: The amount of any compensation payable under section thirty-seven of this Act by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster shall be raised and paid as an… - **Sch. EIGHTH para. 5**: Any compensation payable under section thirty-seven of this Act by the person representing the Duke of Cornwall or other the possessor for the time being of… ### NINTH SCHEDULE - **Sch. NINTH para. 3**: Where immediately before the commencement of this Act a person was protected by section seven of the Leasehold Property (Temporary Provisions) Act 1951… - **Sch. NINTH para. 4**: For the purposes of section twenty-six and subsection (2) of section forty of this Act a tenancy which is not such a tenancy as is mentioned in subsection (1)… - **Sch. NINTH para. 5**: (1) A tenant under a tenancy which was current at the commencement of this Act shall not in any case be entitled to compensation under section thirty-seven or… - **Sch. NINTH para. 6**: (1) Where the landlord’s interest in the property comprised in a tenancy which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was terminable by less than… - **Sch. NINTH para. 8**: Where at the commencement of this Act any proceedings are pending on an application made before the commencement of this Act to the tribunal under section five… - **Sch. NINTH para. 11**: Notwithstanding the repeal of Part II of the Leasehold Property (Temporary Provisions) Act 1951, where immediately before the commencement of this Act a… --- Consilena is a software provider, not a law firm. 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