1988 Ed.]
Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation)
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"domestic premises” means premises the subject of a separate letting (including any bed-space, cubicle, room, floor or portion of a floor or building) which are used wholly or primarily for human habitation: (Amended 22 of 1953 s. 2)
Provided that the following shall not be deemed to be domestic premises within the meaning of this definition---
(a) any building or portion of a building which is used for habitation only by caretakers or watchmen not exceeding 2 in number;
(b) any building or portion of a building which is used for habitation only by office attendants or their families;
(c) any particular portion of an hotel or boarding-house which is let by the keeper of such hotel or boarding-house to a guest of such hotel or boarding-house;
"landlord" includes any person, other than the Crown, who is from time to time entitled to receive rent in respect of any premises and in relation to a particular tenant means the person entitled to receive rent from such tenant;
"lease" or "tenancy agreement" includes every agreement for the letting of any premises, whether oral or in writing;
"let" includes sublet and "letting" includes subletting;
"order" means an order of the Tribunal; (Replaced 76 of 1981 s. 2)
"permitted rent" means the rent lawfully payable under this Part in respect of any premises; (Added 22 of 1953 s. 2)
"premises" means the subject matter of any tenancy;
"prevailing market rent" means the rent, exclusive of rates, at which premises the subject matter of a tenancy to which this Part applies might reasonably be expected to be let, at the date of service of a notice under section 10(1A), on the terms of the tenancy (other than those relating to rent and duration of the tenancy) but disregarding the effect of this Part; (Added 39 of 1979 s. 2. Amended 29 of 1983 s. 46)
"principal tenant” means a tenant of premises other than a Crown lessee, who has or shall sublet any part or parts thereof as a separate holding or holdings but shall not include a tenant, hereinafter referred to as a derivative landlord, who has or shall sublet the whole of such premises as one holding;
"standard rent" with respect to any premises other than dependent domestic premises means—
(a) if the premises were actually let unfurnished on 25 December 1941, the rate of rent which was recoverable from the sitting tenant; and
(b) if the premises were not actually let on 25 December 1941, or were then let furnished, but had been let unfurnished on some previous date, the rate of rent which was recoverable from the sitting tenant on the last occasion before 25 December 1941, on which the premises were actually let unfurnished; and
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