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PART 6SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO STANDARD CONTRACTS BUT NOT INTRODUCTORY STANDARD CONTRACTS, PROHIBITED CONDUCT STANDARD CONTRACTS AND SUPPORTED STANDARD CONTRACTS

Inventory

27.—(1) The landlord must provide the contract-holder with an inventory in relation to the dwelling no later than the date by which the landlord must provide the contract-holder with the written statement of the occupation contract in accordance with section 31 (written statement) of the Act.

(2) The inventory must set out the dwelling’s contents, including all fixtures and fittings, and must describe their condition as at the occupation date.

(3) If the contract-holder disagrees with the information within the inventory, the contract-holder may provide comments to the landlord.

(4) Where no comments are received by the landlord within 14 days, the inventory is deemed to be accurate.

(5) Where comments are received by the landlord within 14 days, the landlord must either—

(a)amend the inventory in accordance with those comments and send the amended inventory to the contract-holder, or

(b)inform the contract- holder that the comments are not agreed, and re-send the original inventory to the contract-holder, with the comments attached, or

(c)amend the inventory in accordance with some of those comments and send the amended inventory to the contract-holder, together with a record of the comments which have not been agreed.