Termination of Tenancies for Tenant Default - Law Commission
Termination of Tenancies for Tenant Default - Law Commission
Termination of Tenancies for Tenant Default - Law Commission
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(8) This section is subject to section 11.<br />
10 Section 9: interpretation<br />
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Landlord and <strong>Tenant</strong> (<strong>Termination</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Tenancies</strong>) Bill<br />
(1) This section makes provision <strong>for</strong> the interpretation <strong>of</strong> section 9.<br />
(2) A termination order is an order that the tenancy is to be terminated.<br />
(3) A remedial order is an order requiring the tenant to take specified action to<br />
remedy the tenant default concerned.<br />
(4) The specified action may be or include the making <strong>of</strong> a payment.<br />
(5) An order <strong>for</strong> sale is an order that the tenant’s interest in the demised premises<br />
is to be sold.<br />
(6) A transfer order is an order that the tenant’s interest in the demised premises<br />
is to be transferred to—<br />
(a) the applicant <strong>for</strong> the order, or<br />
(b) a person nominated by the applicant.<br />
(7) A person nominated <strong>for</strong> the purposes <strong>of</strong> subsection (6)(b) may be a body<br />
corporate not in existence when the application is made.<br />
(8) A new tenancy order is an order that a new tenancy <strong>of</strong> the demised premises,<br />
or a specified part <strong>of</strong> them, is to be granted to the applicant <strong>for</strong> the order.<br />
(9) A joint tenancy adjustment order is an order that, where two or more persons<br />
constitute the tenant (or a person who has a qualifying interest in the tenancy),<br />
one or more <strong>of</strong> them is to constitute the tenant (or the person who has the<br />
interest).<br />
11 Restrictions on the court’s power<br />
(1) The court may not make a transfer order or a new tenancy order except on an<br />
application by a person who has a qualifying interest in the tenancy.<br />
(2) The court may not make a joint tenancy adjustment order except on an<br />
application by one or more <strong>of</strong> the persons constituting the tenant (or<br />
constituting the person who has the qualifying interest concerned).<br />
(3) Where a tenancy contains an absolute covenant not to assign the demised<br />
premises, the court may not make an order <strong>for</strong> sale or a transfer order unless<br />
the landlord consents to the making <strong>of</strong> the order.<br />
(4) Where a tenancy contains a covenant not to assign the demised premises<br />
without the landlord’s consent, the court may not make an order <strong>for</strong> sale or a<br />
transfer order unless—<br />
(a) the landlord consents to the making <strong>of</strong> the order, or<br />
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the court is satisfied that it would be<br />
unreasonable <strong>for</strong> the landlord not to consent to the making <strong>of</strong> the order.<br />
(5) A sale or transfer made in a case within subsection (4)(b) is to be treated as<br />
having been made with the landlord’s consent.<br />
(6) Where there is a charge on the tenant’s interest in the demised premises, and<br />
the charge contains a covenant (whether absolute or qualified) not to assign the<br />
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