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Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

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85Contracts for similar rights to be void
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(1)A provision of a contract is void to the extent that it would do any of these—

(a)confer a right to seize or otherwise take control of goods to recover amounts within subsection (2);

(b)confer a right to sell goods to recover amounts within subsection (2);

(c)modify the effect of section 72(1), except in accordance with subsection (3).

(2)The amounts are any amounts payable—

(a)as rent;

(b)under a lease (other than as rent);

(c)under an agreement collateral to a lease;

(d)under an instrument creating a rentcharge;

(e)in respect of breach of a covenant or condition in a lease, in an agreement collateral to a lease or in an instrument creating a rentcharge;

(f)under an indemnity in respect of a payment within paragraphs (a) to (e).

(3)A provision of a contract is not void under subsection (1)(c) to the extent that it prevents or restricts the exercise of CRAR.

(4)In this section—

  • “lease” also includes a licence to occupy land;

  • “rent” and “rentcharge” have the meaning given by section 205(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20).

86Amendments
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Schedule 14 makes minor and consequential amendments (including repeals of powers to distrain for rentcharges and other amounts within section 85(2)).

87Interpretation of Chapter

In this Chapter—

  • “landlord” has the meaning given by section 73;

  • “lease” has the meaning given by section 74 (subject to section 85(4));

  • “notice of enforcement” means notice under paragraph 7 of Schedule 12;

  • “rent” (except in sections 71 and 85) has the meaning given by section 76;

  • “tenant”, in relation to a lease, means the tenant for the time being under the lease.

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