UK Act of Parliament 1954 United Kingdom

LTA 1954

Enforced by
PCA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)

What it defines

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Part 1

Security of Tenure for Residential Tenants

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23 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.014 Compensation for possession obtained by misrepresentation
Part 2

Security of Tenure for Business, Professional and other Tenants

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41 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.024 Applications for determination of interim rent while tenancy continues
s.024 Date from which interim rent is payable
s.024 Amount of interim rent where new tenancy of whole premises granted and landlord not opposed
s.024 Amount of interim rent in any other case
s.029 Time limits for applications to court
s.029 Agreements extending time limits
s.031 Grant of new tenancy in some cases where s. 30(1)(f) applies.
s.034 Rent under new tenancy conferring code rights
s.034 Compensation for exercise of code rights
s.034 Further provision about compensation under section 34B
s.037 Compensation for possession obtained by misrepresentation
s.038 Agreements to exclude provisions of Part 2
s.040 Duties in transfer cases
s.040 Proceedings for breach of duties to give information
s.041 Partnerships.
s.043 Jurisdiction of county court to make declaration.
s.043 Further exclusion of home business tenancies from Part 2
Part 3

Compensation for Improvements

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Part 4

Miscellaneous and Supplementary

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23 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.054 Rent reviews and arrangements for new tenancies
s.060 Welsh Development Agency premises.
s.060 Development Board for Rural Wales premises.
Schedules

Schedules

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95 other schedules
s.sch007a “Business tenancy”
s.sch007a Exceptions
s.sch007a Application of this Part
s.sch007a Modification of terms of superior tenancy
s.sch007a Interpretation
s.sch007a Anti-avoidance
s.sch007a Interpretation
s.sch007a “Business tenancy with a rent review”
s.sch007a Application of this Part
s.sch007a Tenant to have power to trigger a rent review
s.sch007a Tenant to have power to take action to enable rent review to operate effectively
s.sch007a Application of this Part
s.sch007a Rent review terms that “do not specify new passing rent”
s.sch007a Elements 1 and 2
s.sch007a Amount of new passing rent to be larger than reference amount
s.sch007b Application of this Schedule
s.sch007b Anti-avoidance
s.sch007b Interpretation
s.sch007b Condition A: a business tenancy
s.sch007b Condition B: a tenancy renewal arrangement
s.sch007b Condition C: tenancy renewal arrangement on or after 17 March 2026
s.sch007b Condition D: initial rent not known
s.sch007b Condition E: terms for determining the initial rent
s.sch007b Condition F: method for determining the initial rent
s.sch007b Amount of initial rent to be larger than reference amount
s.sch007b Exceptions
s.schedule eighth para.1 Where an interest in any property comprised in a tenancy...
s.schedule eighth para.2 Where an interest in any property comprised in a tenancy...
s.schedule eighth para.3 . . . . . . . . . ....
s.schedule eighth para.4 The amount of any compensation payable under section thirty-seven of...
s.schedule eighth para.5 Any compensation payable under section thirty-seven of this Act by...
s.schedule fifth para.1 (1) In this Schedule the following expressions have the meanings...
s.schedule fifth para.10 (1) The provisions of the next following sub-paragraph shall have...
s.schedule fifth para.11 (1) Where subsection (1) of section ten of this Act...
s.schedule fifth para.2 Any notice given by the competent landlord under subsection (1)...
s.schedule fifth para.3 (1) Where in the four next following paragraphs reference is...
s.schedule fifth para.4 (1) If a notice is given by the competent landlord...
s.schedule fifth para.5 The competent landlord may serve on any other landlord a...
s.schedule fifth para.6 (1) It may be made a condition either—
s.schedule fifth para.7 (1) Where under Part I of this Act the competent...
s.schedule fifth para.8 Where, in consequence of the failure of the competent landlord...
s.schedule fifth para.9 (1) Where in the case of a tenancy to which...
s.schedule first para.1 Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule,...
s.schedule first para.10 If the period of the statutory tenancy comes to an...
s.schedule first para.11 In the application of the last foregoing paragraph to a...
s.schedule first para.12 Where, during the period of the statutory tenancy and before...
s.schedule first para.13 The tenant may apply to the court for the variation,...
s.schedule first para.14 The grounds on which an agreement or determination may be...
s.schedule first para.15 The extent to which an agreement or determination may be...
s.schedule first para.16 Where an agreement or determination is varied under this Part...
s.schedule first para.17 Any failure by the tenant to make a payment for...
s.schedule first para.18 Where any sum in respect of a payment for accrued...
s.schedule first para.19 In this Schedule the expression “immediate landlord” means the person...
s.schedule first para.2 Where it is determined by the court that a payment...
s.schedule first para.3 A payment for accrued tenant’s repairs which is payable otherwise...
s.schedule first para.4 (1) Where it has been agreed or determined that a...
s.schedule first para.5 In relation to a case where the court exercises the...
s.schedule first para.6 Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule,...
s.schedule first para.7 Any such instalment becoming payable at a time falling before...
s.schedule first para.8 (1) Where the landlord is not the immediate landlord of...
s.schedule first para.9 Any instalment becoming payable at a time when the landlord...
s.schedule fourth para.1 In relation to such a tenancy as is mentioned in...
s.schedule fourth para.2 For subsection (6) of section two there shall be substituted...
s.schedule fourth para.3 For subsection (1) of section five there shall be substituted...
s.schedule fourth para.4 Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of section three, where by...
s.schedule fourth para.5 Where the tenancy is not terminated under the provisions of...
s.schedule ninth para.11 Notwithstanding the repeal of Part II of the Leasehold Property...
s.schedule ninth para.12. . . . . . . . . . ....
s.schedule ninth para.3 Where immediately before the commencement of this Act a person...
s.schedule ninth para.4 For the purposes of section twenty-six and subsection (2) of...
s.schedule ninth para.5 (1) A tenant under a tenancy which was current at...
s.schedule ninth para.6 (1) Where the landlord’s interest in the property comprised in...
s.schedule ninth para.7 . . . . . . . . . ....
s.schedule ninth para.8 Where at the commencement of this Act any proceedings are...
s.schedule ninth para.910. . . . . . . . . . ....
s.schedule second para.1 (1) Where— (a) the tenant retains possession of the dwelling-house...
s.schedule second para.10 Any record required to be made under the last foregoing...
s.schedule second para.11 The cost of making any such record as aforesaid shall,...
s.schedule second para.2 Where an order under paragraph 1 of this Schedule is...
s.schedule second para.3 If, while an order under paragraph 1 of this Schedule...
s.schedule second para.4 Where, by virtue of an agreement or of a determination...
s.schedule second para.5 Any amount paid by a mortgagee in respect of expenses...
s.schedule second para.6 The purposes authorised for the application of capital money by...
s.schedule second para.7 A landlord’s notice proposing a statutory tenancy may contain a...
s.schedule second para.8 Where the landlord gives such a notice which does not...
s.schedule second para.9 Where the tenant retains possession of the dwelling-house by virtue...
s.schedule sixth para.1 In this Schedule the following expressions have the meanings hereby...
s.schedule sixth para.2 Where the period for which in accordance with the provisions...
s.schedule sixth para.3 (1) Any notice given by the competent landlord under Part...
s.schedule sixth para.4 (1) If the competent landlord, not being the immediate landlord,...
s.schedule sixth para.5 An agreement between the competent landlord and the tenant made...
s.schedule sixth para.6 Where the competent landlord has given a notice under section...
s.schedule sixth para.7 If the competent landlord’s interest in the property comprised in...
s.schedule third para.1 The grounds referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1)...
s.schedule third para.2 Part IV of Schedule 15 to the Rent Act (which...

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