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Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
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Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
1954 CHAPTER 56 2 and 3 Eliz 2
An Act to provide security of tenure for occupying tenants under certain leases of residential property at low rents and for occupying sub-tenants of tenants under such leases; to enable tenants occupying property for business, professional or certain other purposes to obtain new tenancies in certain cases; to amend and extend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927, the Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938, and section eighty-four of the Law of Property Act 1925; to confer jurisdiction on the County Court in certain disputes between landlords and tenants; to make provision for the termination of tenancies of derelict land; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[30th July 1954]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act extended by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 76, Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xii), and British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 87, Sch. 3 para. 10(h)
C2Act extended by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 19, Sch. 2 para. 4
C3Act amended: by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 57(7), 84, 102, Sch. 13 para. 13 (a); (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(vii) and S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
C4Act extended by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(ix), Sch. 8 para. 33
C5Act extended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(1), Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(vi) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)
C6Act extended: by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(ix), Sch. 17 para. 33; (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 20(a) (with ss. 54(7), 66(7), Sch. 17 paras. 22, 23(2))
Act modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 2(a)
Act applied (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 301(5), 583(2) (with ss. 1(4), 582(3), Sch. 39)
Act applied (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 76, Sch. 22 Pt. III para. 10(1)(b)(2) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Act modified (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(e); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2
Act: powers transferred (1.7.1999) (except that in relation to ss. 57(1)-(6) and 58 it is directed that the certification function shall be exercisable by the Assembly concurrently with any Minister of the Crown by whom it is exercisable) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
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I1Act wholly in force at 1.10.1954 see s. 70(2)
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