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Law of Property Act 2000
24Liability of life tenant for voluntary waste
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24 Liability of life tenant for voluntary waste (1) A tenant for life or lives must not commit voluntary waste. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an estate or tenancy without impeachment of waste or affects a licence or other right to commit waste. (3) A tenant who infringes subsection (1) is liable in damages to the tenant's person in remainder or reversioner, but this section imposes no criminal liability.