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Law of Property Act 1969
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Meaning of “the landlord” in Part II, and provisions as to mesne landlords etc.E+W
44(1)Subject to the next following subsection, in this Part of this Act the expression “the landlord”, in relation to a tenancy (in this section referred to as “the relevant tenancy”), means the person (whether or not he is the immediate landlord) who is the owner of that interest in the property comprised in the relevant tenancy which for the time being fulfils the following conditions, that is to say—
(a)that it is an interest in reversion expectant (whether immediately or not) on the termination of the relevant tenancy, and
(b)that it is either the fee simple or a tenancy which will not come to an end within fourteen months by effluxion of time and, if it is such a tenancy, that no notice has been given by virtue of which it will come to an end within fourteen months or any further time by which it may be continued under section 36(2) or section 64 of this Act.
and is not itself in reversion expectant (whether immediately or not) on an interest which fulfils those conditions.
(2)References in this Part of this Act to a notice to quit given by the landlord are references to a notice to quit given by the immediate landlord.
(3)The provisions of the Sixth Schedule to this Act shall have effect for the application of this Part of this Act to cases where the immediate landlord of the tenant is not the owner of the fee simple in respect of the holding.
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