CONVEYANCING ACT 1919 - SECT 84
Covenants by lessees
CONVEYANCING ACT 1919 - SECT 84
Covenants by lessees
84 Covenants by lessees
(1) In every lease of land made after the commencement of this Act there shall
be implied the following covenants by the lessee, for himself or herself, his
or her executors, administrators, and assigns, with the lessor, his or her
executors, administrators, and assigns--
(a) That the lessee or the lessee's
executors, administrators and assigns will pay the rent thereby reserved at
the time therein mentioned--
Provided, however, that in case the demised premises or any part thereof shall
at any time during the continuance of the lease be destroyed or damaged by
fire, flood, lightning, storm, or tempest or shall suffer war damage so, in
any such event as to render the same unfit for the occupation and use of the
lessee, then and so often as the same shall happen, the rent thereby reserved,
or a proportionate part thereof, according to the nature and extent of the
damage sustained shall abate, and all or any remedies for recovery of the rent
or such proportionate part thereof shall be suspended until the demised
premises shall have been rebuilt or made fit for the occupation and use of the
lessee, and in case of any dispute arising under this proviso the same shall
be referred to arbitration under the provisions of the Commercial Arbitration
Act 2010 .
(b) That the lessee or the lessee's executors, administrators and
assigns will, at all times during the continuance of the said lease, keep and,
at the termination thereof, yield up the demised premises in good and
tenantable repair, having regard to their condition at the commencement of the
said lease, accidents war damage and damage from fire, flood, lightning, storm
and tempest, and reasonable wear and tear excepted.
(2) This section applies
to every lease under the Real Property Act 1900, and section seventy-eight of
that Act is hereby repealed.