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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

1954 CHAPTER 56 2_and_3_Eliz_2

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Security of Tenure for Residential Tenants

    1. Security of tenure for tenants under ground leases, etc

      1. 1. Protection of residential tenants on termination of long tenancies at low rents

      2. 2. Tenancies to which s. 1 applies

    2. Continuation and termination of tenancies to which s. 1 applies

      1. 3. Continuation of tenancies to which s. 1 applies

      2. 4. Termination of tenancy by the landlord

      3. 5. Termination of tenancy by the tenant

    3. Statutory tenancies arising under Part I

      1. 6. Application of Rent Acts where tenant retains possession

      2. 7. Settlement of terms of statutory tenancy

      3. 8. Provisions as to repairs during period of statutory tenancy

      4. 9. Principles to be observed in determining terms of statutory tenancy as to repairs and rent

      5. 10. Provisions as to liabilities under tenant’s covenants in former lease

      6. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. Provisions as to possession on termination of long tenancy

      1. 12. Grounds for resumption of possession by landlord

      2. 13. Landlord’s application for possession

      3. 14. Provisions where tenant not ordered to give up possession

      4. 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. General and supplementary provisions

      1. 16. Relief for tenant where landlord proceeding to enforce covenants

      2. 17. Prohibition of agreements excluding Part I

      3. 18. Duty of tenants of residential property to give information to landlords or superior landlords

      4. 19. Application of Part I to tenancies granted in continuation of long tenancies

      5. 20. Assumptions on which court to determine future questions

      6. 21. Meaning of “the landlord” in Part I and provisions as to mesne landlords, etc

      7. 22. Interpretation of Part I

  2. Part II

    Security of Tenure for Business, Professional and other Tenants

    1. Tenancies to which Part II applies

      1. 23. Tenancies to which Part II applies

    2. Continuation and renewal of tenancies

      1. 24.Continuation of tenancies to which Part II applies and grant of new tenancies

      2. 24A. Rent while tenancy continues by virtue of s. 24

      3. 25.Termination of tenancy by the landlord

      4. 26. Tenant’s request for a new tenancy

      5. 27. Termination by tenant of tenancy for fixed term

      6. 28. Renewal of tenancies by agreement

    3. Application to court for new tenancies

      1. 29. Order by court for grant of a new tenancy

      2. 30. Opposition by landlord to application for new tenancy

      3. 31. Dismissal of application for new tenancy where landlord successfully opposes

      4. 31A. Grant of new tenancy in some cases where s. 30(1)(f) applies

      5. 32. Property to be comprised in new tenancy

      6. 33. Duration of new tenancy

      7. 34. Rent under new tenancy

      8. 35.Other terms of new tenancy

      9. 36. Carrying out of order for new tenancy

      10. 37.Compensation where order for new tenancy precluded on certain grounds

      11. 38. Restriction on agreements excluding provisions of Part II

    4. General and supplementary provisions

      1. 39. Saving for compulsory acquisitions

      2. 40. Duty of tenants and landlords of business premises to give information to each other

      3. 41. Trusts

      4. 41A. Partnerships

      5. 42. Groups of companies

      6. 43. Tenancies excluded from Part II

      7. 43A. Jurisdiction of county court to make declaration

      8. 44. Meaning of the landlord in Part II, and provisions as to mesne landlords, etc

      9. 45.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      10. 46. Interpretation of Part II

  3. Part III

    Compensation for Improvements

    1. 47. Time for making claims for compensation for improvements

    2. 48. Amendments as to limitations on tenant’s right to compensation

    3. 49. Restrictions on contracting out

    4. 50. Interpretation of Part III

  4. Part IV

    Miscellaneous and Supplementary

    1. 51. Extension of Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938

    2. 52. Amendment of Law of Property Act 1925, s. 84

    3. 53. Jurisdiction of county court where lessor refuses licence or consent

    4. 54. Determination of tenancies of derelict land

    5. 55. Compensation for possession obtained by misrepresentation

    6. 56. Application to Crown

    7. 57. Modification on grounds of public interest of rights under Part II

    8. 58. Termination on special grounds of tenancies to which Part II applies

    9. 59. Compensation for exercise of powers under ss. 57 and 58

    10. 60.†Special provisions as to premises provided under Distribution of Industry Acts 1945 and 1950, etc

    11. 60A. Welsh Development Agency premises

    12. 60B.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    13. 61.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    14. 62.

    15. 63. Jurisdiction of court for purposes of Parts I and II and of Part I of Landlord and Tenant Act 1927

    16. 64. Interim continuation of tenancies pending determination by court

    17. 65. Provisions as to reversions

    18. 66. Provisions as to notices

    19. 67. Provisions as to mortgagees in possession

    20. 68.†Repeal of enactments and transitional provisions

    21. 69. Interpretation

    22. 70. Short title and citation, commencement and extent

  5. FIRST SCHEDULE

    Supplementary Provisions as to Payments for Accrued Tenant’s Repairs

  6. SECOND SCHEDULE

    Further Provisions as to Repair where Tenant retains Possession

  7. THIRD SCHEDULE

    Grounds for Possession on Termination of Tenancy

  8. FOURTH SCHEDULE

    Modifications of Part I in relation to Periodical Tenancies

  9. FIFTH SCHEDULE

    Provisions for purposes of Part I where Immediate Landlord is not the Freeholder

  10. SIXTH SCHEDULE

    Provisions for Purposes of Part II where Immediate Landlord is not the Freeholder

  11. SEVENTH SCHEDULE

    . .

  12. EIGHTH SCHEDULE

    Application of Part II to land belonging to Crown and Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall

  13. NINTH SCHEDULE

    Transitional Provisions

An Act to provide security of tenure for occupying tenants under certain leases of residential property at low rents and for occupying sub-tenants of tenants under such leases; to enable tenants occupying property for business, professional or certain other purposes to obtain new tenancies in certain cases; to amend and extend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927, the Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938, and section eighty-four of the Law of Property Act 1925; to confer jurisdiction on the County Court in certain disputes between landlords and tenants; to make provision for the termination of tenancies of derelict land; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[30th July 1954]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act extended by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 76, Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xii), and British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 87, Sch. 3 para. 10(h)

C2Act extended by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 19, Sch. 2 para. 4

C3Act amended: by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 57(7), 84, 102, Sch. 13 para. 13 (a); (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(vii) and S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

C4Act extended by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(ix), Sch. 8 para. 33

C5Act extended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(1), Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(vi) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)

C6Act extended: by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(ix), Sch. 17 para. 33; (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 20(a) (with ss. 54(7), 66(7), Sch. 17 paras. 22, 23(2))

Act modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 2(a)

Act applied (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 301(5), 583(2) (with ss. 1(4), 582(3), Sch. 39)

Act applied (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 76, Sch. 22 Pt. III para. 10(1)(b)(2) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Act modified (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(e); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2

Act: powers transferred (1.7.1999) (except that in relation to ss. 57(1)-(6) and 58 it is directed that the certification function shall be exercisable by the Assembly concurrently with any Minister of the Crown by whom it is exercisable) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 1.10.1954 see s. 70(2)

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