Section 301 — Property Law Act 2007: Construction of covenants relating to land: benefits

301 Construction of covenants relating to land: benefits (1) This section applies to a covenant benefiting land of the covenantee, whether expressed in an instrument or implied by this Act or any other enactment in an instrument, and whether a positive covenant or a restrictive covenant. (2) Unless a contrary intention appears in the instrument, the covenant is enforceable by— (a) the covenantee; and (b) the covenantee’s successors in title; and (c) persons claiming through the covenantee or the covenantee’s successors in title. (3) For the purposes of this section, the covenantee’s successors in title include an occupier for the time being of the benefited land. Compare: 1952 No 51 s 63