UK Act of Parliament
1995
United Kingdom
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
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2 compliance obligations
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Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
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In section 77 of the Law of Property Act 1925...
At the end of section 34 of the Landlord and...
(1) The existing provisions of section 35 of that Act...
Right of former tenant or his guarantor to overriding lease.
- Landlord must grant an overriding lease when a former tenant or guarantor requests one after paying
Overriding leases: supplementary provisions.
- Landlord must deliver counterpart overriding lease to mortgagee within one month
Browse 30 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Tenancies to which the Act applies.
Covenants to which the Act applies.
Transmission of benefit and burden of covenants.
Transmission of rights of re-entry.
Tenant released from covenants on assignment of tenancy.
Landlord may be released from covenants on assignment of reversion.
Former landlord may be released from covenants on assignment of reversion.
Procedure for seeking release from a covenant under section 6 or 7.
Apportionment of liability under covenants binding both assignor and assignee of tenancy or reversion.
Procedure for making apportionment bind other party to lease.
Assignments in breach of covenant or by operation of law.
Covenants with management companies
Covenants binding two or more persons.
Abolition of indemnity covenants implied by statute.
Enforcement of covenants.
Tenant guaranteeing performance of covenant by assignee.
Restriction on liability of former tenant or his guarantor for rent or service charge etc.
Restriction of liability of former tenant or his guarantor where tenancy subsequently varied.
Forfeiture or disclaimer limited to part only of demised premises.
Imposition of conditions regulating giving of landlord’s consent to assignments.
Effects of becoming subject to liability under, or entitled to benefit of, covenant etc.
Effects of release from liability under, or loss of benefit of, covenant.
Agreement void if it restricts operation of the Act.
Miscellaneous savings etc.
Notices for the purposes of the Act.
Interpretation.
Crown application.
Consequential amendments and repeals.
Commencement.
Short title and extent.
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