SCHEDULE 2 Further Provisions as to Repair where Tenant Retains Possession
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (1954 c 56) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 2 Further Provisions as to Repair where Tenant Retains Possession

Section 8

Failure of landlord to carry out initial repairs

1

(1)     Where—

(a)     the tenant retains possession of the dwelling-house by virtue of subsection (1) of section six of this Act, and

(b)     by virtue of an agreement or of a determination of the court, the landlord is required to carry out initial repairs to the dwelling-house,

then if on an application made by the tenant during the period of the statutory tenancy the court is satisfied that the initial repairs have not been carried out within a reasonable time in accordance with the agreement or determination the court may by order direct that, until the discharge of the order as hereinafter provided or the end of the period of the statutory tenancy, whichever first occurs, the rent payable in respect of the dwelling-house shall be reduced to such amount specified in the order as the court may think just having regard to the extent to which the landlord has failed to comply with the agreement or determination.

(2)     Where the court under the last foregoing sub-paragraph orders a reduction of rent, the court may further

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