LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1936
Table of Provisions
PART A1--Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 3A Act does not apply to residential tenancy agreements
- 3B Application of Act to Crown
PART 1--Forfeiture and relief
Division 1--Recovery of premises
- 4 Proceedings by landlord for non-payment of rent
- 5 Tenant, paying all rent, proceedings to cease
- 6 Damages for mesne profits
- 7 Saving of former remedies
- 8 Notice of writs by lessee to landlord
Division 2--Relief against forfeiture
- 9 Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent
- 10 No re-entry till notice to tenant to remedy breach
- 11 Court or judge may grant relief
- 12 Interpretation and application of preceding sections
PART 2--Distress for rent
- 13 Interpretation
- 13A Jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court
- 14 Mode of distress, and warrant, authority
- 15 Exemption of warrants from stamp duty
- 16 Delivery of duplicate warrant
- 17 Distress for rent
- 18 Delivery of copy warrant and inventory to claimant
- 19 Rights of owner of agisted cattle, under-tenant, or lodger
- 20 Effect of payment to landlord
- 21 Duty of landlord after being served with declaration
- 22 Rights of owners of goods in other cases
- 23 Duty of landlord after service of declaration
- 24 Adverse claims
- 25 Decision of Magistrates Court
- 26 Power of landlord to hold goods
- 27 Power of landlord to sell goods if claim in his favour
- 28 False declarations
- 29 Person entitled to take declarations
- 30 Sale of distrained goods
- 31 Power to distrain corn and hay
- 32 Distress may be secured and sold on premises
- 33 Disposal of proceeds of sale
- 34 Sale to be by auction
- 35 Costs, charges etc of distress and sale
- 36 No appraisement necessary
- 37 Double damages against wrongful distrainer
- 38 Goods fraudulently or clandestinely removed
- 39 Damages or pound breach or rescue
- 40 Penalties, how recovered
- 41 Forms may be modified
- 42 Landlord's powers not abridged
- 43 Exemption of cattle and vehicles
- 43A Exemption of records of health practitioner
- 45 Exemption of wearing apparel and tools
- 46 Application of preceding section
PART 3--Miscellaneous provisions
- 47 Effect of licences granted to lessees
- 48 Effect of restricted licence
- 49 Application of preceding sections
- 50 Apportionment of conditions of re-entry in certain cases
- 51 Protection of purchaser against forfeiture under covenant for insurance against fire in certain cases
- 52 Preceding provisions to apply to leases for a term of years absolute etc
- 53 When the reversion on a lease is gone, the next estate to be deemed the reversion
PART 4--Commercial tenancy agreements
Division 1--Preliminary
- 54 Interpretation
- 55 Application of Part
Division 2--Jurisdiction of the Commercial Tribunal
- 56 Distribution of jurisdiction between the Tribunal and the courts
Division 3--Special provisions applying to commercial tenancies
- 57 Limitation on amounts payable with respect to entering into, extending or renewing a commercial tenancy agreement
- 58 Rent in advance
- 59 Regulation of security bonds
- 60 All amounts paid under security bonds to be receipted and paid to Tribunal
- 61 Payment of security bonds by Tribunal to landlord or tenant
- 61A Commercial tenancy agreements may be in registrable form
- 61B Costs associated with the preparation of a written agreement
- 62 Provisions relating to written agreements prepared by or on behalf of landlords
- 62A Landlord to provide a statement of operating expenses
- 62B Landlord to bear cost of land tax
- 63 Provision relating to payments on sale or assignment void unless approved by Tribunal
- 64 Right of tenant to assign or sublet
- 65 Hours of business etc
- 66 Implied warranty that premises reasonably fit for business of tenant
- 66A Provision for five-year terms
- 66AB Ability of landlord to move tenant to other premises
- 67 Tenancy to continue while extensions or renewals are negotiated
- 67A Abandoned goods
Division 4--Disputes arising under commercial tenancy agreements
- 68 Power of Tribunal to act in any matter
Division 5--Commercial Tenancies Fund
- 69 Commercial Tenancies Fund
- 70 Investment of Fund
- 71 Accounts
Division 6--Miscellaneous
- 72 Contract to avoid
- 73 Tribunal may exempt tenancy agreement, class of agreement or premises from provisions of Part
- 73A Annual reports
- 74 Summary proceedings
- 75 Regulations
