17 Restriction on liability of former tenant or his guarantor for rent or service charge etc
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (1995 c 30) | Legislation

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

(1)     This section applies where a person (“the former tenant”) is as a result of an assignment no longer a tenant under a tenancy but—

(a)     (in the case of a tenancy which is a new tenancy) he has under an authorised guarantee agreement guaranteed the performance by his assignee of a tenant covenant of the tenancy under which any fixed charge is payable; or

(b)     (in the case of any tenancy) he remains bound by such a covenant.

(2)     The former tenant shall not be liable under that agreement or (as the case may be) the covenant to pay any amount in respect of any fixed charge payable under the covenant unless, within the period of six months beginning with the date when the

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