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overcrowded to move to any accommodation considered by the Landlord suitable for the needs of the Tenant's family.

(v) To permit the Landlord and his agents and all persons authorized by him at all reasonable times to enter and view the said flat and to take an inventory of the fixtures and fittings therein and to do any repairs or work for which the Landlord is liable hereunder. (w) To observe and comply with all such rules and regulations, not in conflict with the terms of this agreement, as may be made from time to time by the Landlord in respect of the use of the said flat by the Tenant. (x) On the determination of the tenancy hereby created forthwith to deliver up vacant possession of the said flat to the Landlord and to yield up the said flat together with all the Landlord's fixtures and fittings therein in good tenantable repair and condition.

3 The Landlord agrees with the Tenant as follows:

(a) To pay all existing and future rates (other than water rates) charged on or payable in respect of the said flat so long as the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord all sums due under Clause 2(a) hereof.

(b) To clean and keep the exterior of the said flat and the stairs passages

and lifts leading to the said flat in reasonable repair.

(c) To keep the Landlord's fixtures and fittings of the said flat and the sewers drains and pipes serving the said flat in reasonable repair (where applicable at the cost of the Tenant as provided by Clause 2(d) hereof): Provided that the Landlord shall not be liable hereunder unless and until written notice of any want of repair shall have been served upon him and the Landlord shall have failed to take steps to effect the necessary repairs after a lapse of a reasonable time.

4 IT IS HEREBY expressly agreed as follows:

(a) That the rent payable may be varied by the Landlord at any time: Provided always that the Landlord shall give not less than one calendar month's notice in writing, accompanied by the offer of a new tenancy of the said flat at a new rate.

(b) If the rent payable hereunder or any part thereof shall be unpaid for fourteen days after becoming payable (whether formally demanded or not) or if any agreement on the Tenant's part herein contained shall not be performed or observed then and in either of the said cases it shall be lawful for the Landlord at any time thereafter to re-enter upon the said flat or any part thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon the tenancy hereby created shall absolutely determine.

(c) Without prejudice to the last preceding sub-clause the tenancy hereby created may be determined at any time after the expiration of the period of

days specified in Clause 1 hereof by either party giving to the other at least one calendar month's notice in writing expiring at the end of any calendar month.

(d) The Landlord shall not be under any liability whatsoever to the Tenant or any member of the Tenant's family or any servant or licensee of his in respect of any damage sustained to the person or property of the Tenant or such other person caused by or through or in any way due to the overflow of water or drainage from any part of the building of which the said flat forms part.

(e) The Landlord shall not be under any liability whatsoever to the Tenant or any member of the Tenant's family or any servant or licensee of his for the payment of any claim for compensation arising out of the operation of this agreement or any clause hereof. Should the said flat or part thereof be rendered unfit for occupation

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