144Abolition of yearly tenancies arising by implication of law

144 Abolition of yearly tenancies arising by implication of law (1) On the commencement of this Act, no tenancy from year to year is to be implied by payment of rent. (2) A tenancy without agreement as to its duration is to be taken to be a tenancy determinable at the will of either of the parties by one month's notice in writing (which is not required to be one calendar month's notice). (3) This section does not apply if there is a tenancy from year to year which has arisen by implication before the commencement of this Act. (4) On the commencement of this Act, if a landlord or a tenant seeks to terminate a tenancy in respect of which the date of its creation is unknown, the tenancy is, subject to an express agreement to the contrary, determinable by 6 months notice in writing expiring not earlier than the day immediately before the first anniversary of that commencement.