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Law of Property Act 2000
133Effect of licences granted to lessee
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133 Effect of licences granted to lessee
(1) Subject to the express terms of a licence that is granted to a lessee
to do an act, the licence extends only to:
(a) the permission actually given;
(b) the specific breach of a term or covenant referred to; or
(c) any other matter specifically authorised to be done by the
licence,
and the licence does not prevent a proceeding for a subsequent
breach unless otherwise specified in the licence.
(2) Despite the grant of a licence referred to in subsection (1):
(a) all rights under covenants, obligations and powers of re-entry
in the lease remain in full force and are available against a
subsequent breach of a covenant, obligation, condition or
other matter not specifically authorised or waived by the
licence in the same manner as if no licence had been granted;
and
(b) except for and in relation to the particular matter authorised by
the licence, the covenant, obligation, condition, other matter or
right of entry remains in force as if the licence had not been
granted.
(3) If there is a power or condition of re-entry on the lessee assigning,
subletting or doing any other specified act without a licence, and a
licence is granted to:
(a) if there is more than one lessee – only one of the lessees to
do an act or to deal with the lessee's equitable share or
interest; or
(b) the lessee or, if there is more than one lessee, only one of the
lessees to assign or underlet part only of the leased premises
or to do any other act in respect of part only of the leased
premises,
the licence does not operate to extinguish the right of entry for a
breach of a covenant, obligation or condition by the co-lessees in
respect of the other shares or interests in the premises or by the
lessee or lessees of any other part or parts of the premises in
respect of the other shares or interests or other part or parts of the
premises, as the case may be.
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