Localism Act 2011
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166 Repairing obligations in leases of seven years or more
In section 13 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (leases to which the provisions about repairing obligations in section 11 of that Act apply) after subsection (1) insert— (1A) Section 11 also applies to a lease of a dwelling-house in England granted on or after the day on which section 166 of the Localism Act 2011 came into force which is— (a) a secure tenancy for a fixed term of seven years or more granted by a person within section 80(1) of the Housing Act 1985 (secure tenancies: the landlord condition), or (b) an assured tenancy for a fixed term of seven years or more that— (i) is not a shared ownership lease, and (ii) is granted by a private registered provider of social housing. (1B) In subsection (1A)— “assured tenancy” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988; “secure tenancy” has the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985; and “shared ownership lease” means a lease— granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the dwelling-house or of the cost of providing it, or under which the lessee (or the lessee's personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling-house.
166 Repairing obligations in leases of seven years or more
In section 13 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (leases to which the provisions about repairing obligations in section 11 of that Act apply) after subsection (1) insert— (1A) Section 11 also applies to a lease of a dwelling-house in England granted on or after the day on which section 166 of the Localism Act 2011 came into force which is— (a) a secure tenancy for a fixed term of seven years or more granted by a person within section 80(1) of the Housing Act 1985 (secure tenancies: the landlord condition), or (b) an assured tenancy for a fixed term of seven years or more that— (i) is not a shared ownership lease, and (ii) is granted by a private registered provider of social housing. (1B) In subsection (1A)— “assured tenancy” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988; “secure tenancy” has the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985; and “shared ownership lease” means a lease— granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the dwelling-house or of the cost of providing it, or under which the lessee (or the lessee's personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling-house.
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