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After section 20 of the Housing Act 1988 there shall be inserted—
(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, a tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy to which section 19A above applies may, by notice in writing, require the landlord under that tenancy to provide him with a written statement of any term of the tenancy which—
(a)falls within subsection (2) below, and
(b)is not evidenced in writing.
(2)The following terms of a tenancy fall within this subsection, namely—
(a)the date on which the tenancy began or, if it is a statutory periodic tenancy or a tenancy to which section 39(7) below applies, the date on which the tenancy came into being,
(b)the rent payable under the tenancy and the dates on which that rent is payable,
(c)any term providing for a review of the rent payable under the tenancy, and
(d)in the case of a fixed term tenancy, the length of the fixed term.
(3)No notice may be given under subsection (1) above in relation to a term of the tenancy if—
(a)the landlord under the tenancy has provided a statement of that term in response to an earlier notice under that subsection given by the tenant under the tenancy, and
(b)the term has not been varied since the provision of the statement referred to in paragraph (a) above.
(4)A landlord who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a notice under subsection (1) above within the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which he received the notice is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(5)A statement provided for the purposes of subsection (1) above shall not be regarded as conclusive evidence of what was agreed by the parties to the tenancy in question.
(6)Where—
(a)a term of a statutory periodic tenancy is one which has effect by virtue of section 5(3)(e) above, or
(b)a term of a tenancy to which subsection (7) of section 39 below applies is one which has effect by virtue of subsection (6)(e) of that section,
subsection (1) above shall have effect in relation to it as if paragraph (b) related to the term of the tenancy from which it derives.
(7)In subsections (1) and (3) above—
(a)references to the tenant under the tenancy shall, in the case of joint tenants, be taken to be references to any of the tenants, and
(b)references to the landlord under the tenancy shall, in the case of joint landlords, be taken to be references to any of the landlords.”
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