Landlord and Tenant Act 1988

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Landlord and Tenant Act 1988^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make new provision for imposing statutory duties in connection with covenants in tenancies against assigning, underletting, charging or parting with the possession of premises without consent.
Citation	1988 c 26
Territorial extent	England and Wales[2]
Dates
Royal assent	29 July 1988
Commencement	29 September 1988[3]
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 (c 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Section 7 - Short title, commencement and extent[]

Section 7(2) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months.^[4] The day (that is to say, 29 July 1988) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months.^[5] This means that the Act came into force on 29 September 1988.

See also[]

• Landlord and Tenant Act

References[]

• Halsbury's Statutes,

External links[]

• The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988, as amended from the National Archives.
• The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988, as originally enacted from the National Archives.

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