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Law of Property Act 2000
118Obligations in short leases
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118 Obligations in short leases
(1) In a lease of premises that is a short lease there is an obligation:
(a) on the part of the lessor of premises leased for the purpose, or
principally for the purpose, of human habitation – to provide
and maintain the premises, or the part of the premises that is
let for that purpose, in a condition reasonably fit for human
habitation; and
(b) on the part of the lessee:
(i) to care for the leased premises in the manner of a
reasonable tenant; and
(ii) to repair damage caused by the lessee or by persons
coming on the premises with the lessee's permission.
(a) to leases made after the commencement of this Act; and
(b) despite anything in this Act or any term of an agreement to the
contrary.
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