Provision of rent books

4 Provision of rent books.

1

Where a tenant has a right to occupy premises as a residence in consideration of a rent payable weekly, the landlord shall provide a rent book or other similar document for use in respect of the premises.

2

Subsection (1) does not apply to premises if the rent includes a payment in respect of board and the value of that board to the tenant forms a substantial proportion of the whole rent.

3

In this section and sections 5 to 7—

a

“tenant” includes a statutory tenant and a person having a contractual right to occupy the premises; and

b

“landlord”, in relation to a person having such a contractual right, means the person who granted the right or any successor in title of his, as the case may require.