PART 5PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 2VARIATION OF CONTRACTS

I1105Variation of other consideration

1

Where consideration other than rent is payable under a secure contract, the amount of consideration may be varied—

a

by agreement between the landlord and the contract-holder, or

b

by the landlord in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

2

The landlord may give the contract-holder a notice setting out a new amount of consideration to take effect on the date specified in the notice.

3

The period between the day on which the notice is given to the contract-holder and the specified date may not be less than two months.

4

Subject to that—

a

the first notice may specify any date, and

b

subsequent notices must specify a date which is not less than one year after the last date on which a new amount of consideration took effect.

5

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all secure contracts under which consideration other than rent is payable.