Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Section 19 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 14 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Where on the coming to an end of a tenancy [F1at a low rent] the person who was tenant thereunder immediately before the coming to an end thereof becomes (whether by grant or by implication of law) tenant of the whole or any part of the property comprised therein under another tenancy [F1at a low rent], then if the first tenancy was a long tenancy or is deemed by virtue of this subsection to have been a long tenancy . . . F2 the second tenancy shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part of this Act to be a long tenancy irrespective of its terms.
(2)In relation to a tenancy from year to year or other tenancy not granted for a term of years certain, being a tenancy which by virtue of the last foregoing subsection is to be deemed to be a long tenancy, this Part of this Act shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in the Fourth Schedule to this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words re-inserted by Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), s. 39(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(e)
F2Words repealed by Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), s. 39(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(e)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 19(2) amended by Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), s. 37(2)
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