Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Record of state of repair of dwelling-house

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 this Act a record shall be made of the state of repair of the dwelling-house.

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 behalf may include a requirement that a record shall be made of the state of repair of the dwelling-house.

9 Where the tenant retains possession of the dwelling-house by virtue of subsection (1) of section six of this Act and cither the landlord or the tenant has made such a requirement as is mentioned in either of the two last foregoing paragraphs, the record of the state of repair of the dwelling-house shall be made as soon as may be after the completion of any initial repairs to be carried out or, in the absence of any agreement or determination requiring the carrying out of initial repairs, as soon as may be after the beginning of the period of the statutory tenancy.

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 tenant, by the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

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.