82
CAP. 7]
Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation)
[1988 Ed.
(5) (a) The benefits and protection afforded by this Part shall, in any tenancy to which it applies, be available to the widow, widower, mother, father or any daughter or son over the age of 18 years of the tenant where she or he was residing with the tenant at the time of the tenant's death; and, for the purposes of this Part, references to a tenant shall except in this subsection include a reference to such widow, widower, mother, father, daughter or son.
(b) Only one person mentioned in paragraph (a) shall be entitled to the benefits and protection of this Part at one time and, in default of agreement by those persons, the Tribunal shall nominate that person on such grounds as appears to it to be just and equitable. (Added 29 of 1983 s. 30)
(c) The benefits and protection afforded by this Part shall not be available to a personal representative of a deceased tenant or, notwithstanding any will or the law of succession on intestacy, any other person who is not a person mentioned in paragraph (a) as entitled to those benefits and that protection. (Added 40 of 1984 s. 32)
(6) (Repealed 40 of 1984 s. 32)
Continuation and Renewal of Tenancies
Continuation of tenancies and grant of new tenancies
117. (1) A tenancy shall not come to an end unless terminated in accordance with this Part; and a tenant may apply to the Lands Tribunal for a new tenancy--
(a) if the landlord has given notice under section 119 to terminate the tenancy; or
(b) if the tenant has made a request for a new tenancy under section 119A.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not prevent the coming to an end of a tenancy by notice to quit given by the tenant, by surrender or forfeiture or by the forfeiture of a principal tenancy unless-
(a) in case of a notice to quit, the notice was given before the tenant had been in occupation in right of the tenancy for 1 month; or
(b) in the case of an instrument of surrender, it was executed before, or was executed in pursuance of an agreement made before, the tenant had been in occupation in right of the tenancy for 1 month.
[cf. U.K. 1954 c. 56 s. 24]
Notices given before this Part applies
118. (1) Where, at a time when a tenancy is not one to which this Part applies, the landlord gives notice to quit or of termination under Part V or otherwise and the notice expires when the tenancy is one to which this Part applies, the notice shall have no effect.
(2) This section shall not apply to re-entry where the tenant has given cause for forfeiture.
82
CAP. 7]
Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation)
[1988 Ed.
(5) (a) The benefits and protection afforded by this Part shall, in any tenancy to which it applies, be available to the widow, widower, mother, father or any daughter or son over the age of 18 years of the tenant where she or he was residing with the tenant at the time of the tenant's death; and, for the purposes of this Part, references to a tenant shall except in this subsection include a reference to such widow, widower, mother, father, daughter or son.
(b) Only one person mentioned in paragraph (a) shall be entitled to the benefits and protection of this Part at one time and, in default of agreement by those persons, the Tribunal shall nominate that person on such grounds as appears to it to be just and equitable. (Added 29 of 1983 s. 30)
(c) The benefits and protection afforded by this Part shall not be available to a personal representative of a deceased tenant or, notwithstanding any will or the law of succession on intestacy, any other person who is not a person mentioned in paragraph (a) as entitled to those benefits and that protection. (Added 40 of 1984 s. 32)
(6) (Repealed 40 of 1984 s. 32)
Continuation and Renewal of Tenancies
Continuation of tenancies and grant of new tenancies
117. (1) A tenancy shall not come to an end unless terminated in accord- ance with this Part; and a tenant may apply to the Lands Tribunal for a new tenancy--
(a) if the landlord has given notice under section 119 to terminate the
tenancy; or
(b) if the tenant has made a request for a new tenancy under section 119A.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not prevent the coming to an end of a tenancy by notice to quit given by the tenant, by surrender or forfeiture or by the forfeiture of a principal tenancy unless-
(a) in case of a notice to quit, the notice was given before the tenant had
been in occupation in right of the tenancy for 1 month; or
(b) in the case of an instrument of surrender, it was executed before, or was executed in pursuance of an agreement made before, the tenant had been in occupation in right of the tenancy for 1 month.
[cf. U.K. 1954 c. 56 s. 24]
Notices given before this Part applies
118. (1) Where, at a time when a tenancy is not one to which this Part applies, the landlord gives notice to quit or of termination under Part V or otherwise and the notice expires when the tenancy is one to which this Part applies, the notice shall have no effect.
(2) This section shall not apply to re-entry where the tenant has given cause for forfeiture.
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