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Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Preliminary

    1. 1.Tenancies to which the Act applies

    2. 2.Covenants to which the Act applies

  3. Transmission of covenants

    1. 3.Transmission of benefit and burden of covenants

    2. 4.Transmission of rights of re-entry

  4. Release of covenants on assignment

    1. 5.Tenant released from covenants on assignment of tenancy

    2. 6.Landlord may be released from covenants on assignment of reversion

    3. 7.Former landlord may be released from covenants on assignment of reversion

    4. 8.Procedure for seeking release from a covenant under section 6 or 7

  5. Apportionment of liability between assignor and assignee

    1. 9.Apportionment of liability under covenants binding both assignor and assignee of tenancy or reversion

    2. 10.Procedure for making apportionment bind other party to lease

  6. Excluded assignments

    1. 11.Assignments in breach of covenant or by operation of law

  7. Third party covenants

    1. 12.Covenants with management companies etc

  8. Joint liability under covenants

    1. 13.Covenants binding two or more persons

    2. 14.Abolition of indemnity covenants implied by statute

  9. Enforcement of covenants

    1. 15.Enforcement of covenants

  10. Liability of former tenant etc. in respect of covenants

    1. 16.Tenant guaranteeing performance of covenant by assignee

    2. 17.Restriction on liability of former tenant or his guarantor for rent or service charge etc

    3. 18.Restriction of liability of former tenant or his guarantor where tenancy subsequently varied

  11. Overriding leases

    1. 19.Right of former tenant or his guarantor to overriding lease

    2. 20.Overriding leases: supplementary provisions

  12. Forfeiture and disclaimer

    1. 21.Forfeiture or disclaimer limited to part only of demised premises

  13. Landlord’s consent to assignments

    1. 22.Imposition of conditions regulating giving of landlord’s consent to assignments

  14. Supplemental

    1. 23.Effects of becoming subject to liability under, or entitled to benefit of, covenant etc

    2. 24.Effects of release from liability under, or loss of benefit of, covenant

    3. 25.Agreement void if it restricts operation of the Act

    4. 26.Miscellaneous savings etc

    5. 27.Notices for the purposes of the Act

    6. 28.Interpretation

    7. 29.Crown application

    8. 30.Consequential amendments and repeals

    9. 31.Commencement

    10. 32.Short title and extent

  15. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Consequential Amendments

      1. Trustee Act 1925 (c. 19)

        1. 1.In section 26 of the Trustee Act 1925 (protection against...

      2. Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20)

        1. 2.In section 77 of the Law of Property Act 1925...

      3. Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56)

        1. 3.At the end of section 34 of the Landlord and...

        2. 4.(1) The existing provisions of section 35 of that Act...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Repeals

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