26 Person to act where landlord is custodian trustee or under disability.E+W
(1)Where the interest of a landlord in any property is vested in a person as custodian trustee, the managing trustees or committee of management shall be deemed to be the landlord for the purposes of this Part of this Act and the interest be deemed to be vested in them, except as regards the execution of any instrument disposing of or affecting that interest.
(2)Where a landlord is incapable by reason of mental disorder within the meaning of the [F1Mental Health Act 1983] of managing and administering his property and affairs, his receiver [F1appointed under Part VII of the said Act of 1983 or Part VIII of the Mental Health Act 1959] or (if no such receiver is acting for him) any person authorised in that behalf shall, under an order of the authority [F1having jurisdiction under Part VII of the said Act of 1983], take his place as landlord for purposes of this Part of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), s. 148, Sch. 4 para. 22