Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

1. Introductory Text

2. Information to be given to tenant

   1. 1. Disclosure of landlord’s identity.

   2. 2. Disclosure of directors, &c. of corporate landlord.

   3. 3. Duty to inform tenant of assignment of landlord’s interest.

3. Provision of rent books

   1. 4. Provision of rent books.

   2. 5. Information to be contained in rent books.

   3. 6. Information to be supplied by companies.

   4. 7. Offences.

4. Implied terms as to fitness for human habitation

   1. 8. Implied terms as to fitness for human habitation.

   2. 9. Application of s. 8 to certain houses occupied by agricultural workers.

   3. 10. Fitness for human habitation.

5. Repairing obligations

   1. 11. Repairing obligations in short leases.

   2. 12. Restriction on contracting out of s. 11.

   3. 13. Leases to which s. 11 applies: general rule.

   4. 14. Leases to which s. 11 applies: exceptions.

   5. 15. Jurisdiction of county court.

   6. 16. Meaning of “lease” and related expressions.

   7. 17. Specific performance of landlord’s repairing obligations.

6. Service charges

   1. 18. Meaning of “service charge” and “relevant costs”.

   2. 19. Limitation of service charges: reasonableness.

   3. 20. Limitation of service charges: estimates and consultation.

   4. 21. Request for summary of relevant costs.

   5. 22. Request to inspect supporting accounts &c.

   6. 23. Request relating to information held by superior landlord.

   7. 24. Effect of assignment on request.

   8. 25. Failure to comply with s. 21, 22 or 23 an offence.

   9. 26. Exception: tenants of certain public authorities.

   10. 27. Exception: rent registered and not entered as variable.

   11. 28. Meaning of “qualified accountant”.

   12. 29. Meaning of “recognised tenants' association”.

   13. 30. Meaning of “flat”, “landlord” and “tenant”.

7. Miscellaneous

   1. 31. Reserve power to limit rents.

8. Supplementary provisions

   1. 32. Provisions not applying to tenancies within Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

   2. 33. Liability of directors, &c. for offences by body corporate.

   3. 34. Power of local housing authority to prosecute.

   4. 35. Application to Isles of Scilly.

   5. 36. Meaning of “lease” and “tenancy” and related expressions.

   6. 37. Meaning of “statutory tenant” and related expressions.

   7. 38. Minor definitions.

   8. 39. Index of defined expressions.

9. Final provisions

   1. 40. Short title, commencement and extent.

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