PART IIProvisions for securing the repair, maintenance and sanitary condition of houses

Obligation of Lessors of Small Houses

6Conditions to be implied on the letting of small houses

1

This section applies—

a

to a contract made before the thirty-first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, for letting for human habitation a house at a rent not exceeding—

i

in the case of a house situate in the administrative county of London, forty pounds;

ii

in the case of a house situate in a borough or urban district outside the administrative county of London, being a borough or district which at the date of the contract had according to the last published census a population of fifty thousand or upwards, twenty-six pounds;

iii

in the case of a house situate elsewhere, sixteen pounds, and

b

to a contract made on or after the said thirty-first day of July and before the sixth day of July, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, for letting for human habitation a house at a rent not exceeding—

i

in the case of a house situate in the administrative county of London, forty pounds ;

ii

in the case of a house situate elsewhere, twenty-six pounds, and

c

to a contract made on or after the said sixth day of July, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, for letting for human habitation a house at a rent not exceeding—

i

in the case of a house situate in the administrative county of London, eighty pounds ;

ii

in the case of a house situate elsewhere, fifty-two pounds.

2

Subject to the provisions of this Act, in any contract to which this section applies there shall, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, be implied a condition that the house is at the commencement of the tenancy, and an undertaking that the house will be kept by the landlord during the tenancy, fit for human habitation:

Provided that the condition and undertaking aforesaid shall not be implied when a house is let for a term of not less than three years upon the terms that it be put by the lessee into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation, and the lease is not determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years.

3

The landlord, or any person authorised by him in writing, may at reasonable times of the day, on giving twenty-four hours' notice in writing to the tenant or occupier, enter any premises to which this section applies for the purpose of viewing the state and condition thereof.

4

In this section the expression " landlord" means any person who lets for human habitation to a tenant any house under any contract referred to in this section, and includes his successors in title, and the expression " house " includes part of a house.