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Consultation Paper on the General Law of the Landlord and Tenant

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pay directly to <strong>the</strong> head-l<strong>and</strong>lord so much <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sub-rent as willdischarge <strong>the</strong> arrears <strong>of</strong> head-rent should be repealed withoutreplacement.3.26 Finally secti<strong>on</strong> 21 <strong>of</strong> Deasy’s Act is closely linked withsecti<strong>on</strong> 20, in that it entitles <strong>the</strong> sub-tenant to achieve <strong>the</strong> samepositi<strong>on</strong> by voluntarily paying sub-rent directly to <strong>the</strong> head-l<strong>and</strong>lord,unless <strong>the</strong> head-tenant has already issued proceedings against <strong>the</strong> subtenant.It seems to <strong>the</strong> Commissi<strong>on</strong> that this secti<strong>on</strong> suffers fromsome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same uncertainties <strong>and</strong> inappropriateness as afflict secti<strong>on</strong>20, namely <strong>the</strong> impositi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> privity <strong>of</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tract <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> uncertainrelati<strong>on</strong>ship between <strong>the</strong> head-tenant <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> sub-tenant. TheCommissi<strong>on</strong> provisi<strong>on</strong>ally recommends that secti<strong>on</strong> 21 <strong>of</strong> Deasy’s Actshould be repealed without replacement.71

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