Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 1 — Qualifying tenants to have rights of first refusal on disposals by landlord.
Qualifying tenants to have rights of first refusal on disposals by landlord. 1 1 A landlord shall not make a relevant disposal affecting any premises to which at the time of the disposal this Part…
Section 2 — Landlords for the purposes of Part I.
Landlords for the purposes of Part I. 2 1 Subject to subsection (2) and section 4(1A) , a person is for the purposes of this Part the landlord in relation to any premises consisting of the whole or…
Section 3 — Qualifying tenants.
Qualifying tenants. 3 1 Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person is for the purposes of this Part a qualifying tenant of a flat if he is the tenant of the flat under a tenancy…
Section 4 — Relevant disposals.
Relevant disposals. 4 1 In this Part references to a relevant disposal affecting any premises to which this Part applies are references to the disposal by the landlord of any estate or interest…
Section 4A — Application of provisions to contracts.
Application of provisions to contracts. 4A 1 The provisions of this Part apply to a contract to create or transfer an estate or interest in land, whether conditional or unconditional and whether or…
Section 5 — Landlord required to serve offer notice on tenants.
Landlord required to serve offer notice on tenants. 5 1 Where the landlord proposes to make a relevant disposal affecting premises to which this Part applies, he shall serve a notice under this…
Section 5A — Offer notice: requirements in case of contract to be completed by conveyance, &c.
Offer notice: requirements in case of contract to be completed by conveyance, &c. 5A 1 The following requirements must be met in relation to an offer notice where the disposal consists of entering…
Section 5B — Offer notice: requirements in case of sale by auction.
Offer notice: requirements in case of sale by auction. 5B 1 The following requirements must be met in relation to an offer notice where the landlord proposes to make the disposal by means of a sale…
Section 5C — Offer notice: requirements in case of grant or option or right of pre-emption.
Offer notice: requirements in case of grant or option or right of pre-emption. 5C 1 The following requirements must be met in relation to an offer notice where the disposal consists of the grant of…
Section 5D — Offer notice: requirements in case of conveyance not preceded by contract, &c.
Offer notice: requirements in case of conveyance not preceded by contract, &c. 5D 1 The following requirements must be met in relation to an offer notice where the disposal is not made in pursuance…
Section 5E — Offer notice: disposal for non-monetary consideration.
Offer notice: disposal for non-monetary consideration. 5E 1 This section applies where, in any case to which section 5 applies, the consideration required by the landlord for making the disposal does…
Section 6 — Acceptance of landlord’s offer: general provisions.
Acceptance of landlord’s offer: general provisions. 6 1 Where a landlord has served an offer notice, he shall not during— a the period specified in the notice as the period during which the offer may…
Section 7 — Failure to accept landlord’s offer or to make nomination.
Failure to accept landlord’s offer or to make nomination. 7 1 Where a landlord has served an offer notice on the qualifying tenants of the constituent flats and— a no acceptance notice is duly served…
Section 8 — Landlord’s obligations in case of acceptance and nomination.
Landlord’s obligations in case of acceptance and nomination. 8 1 This section applies where a landlord serves an offer notice on the qualifying tenants of the constituent flat and— a an acceptance…
Section 8A — Landlord’s obligation: general provisions.
Landlord’s obligation: general provisions. 8A 1 This section applies where the landlord is obliged to proceed and the offer notice was not one to which section 5B applied (sale by auction). 2 The…
Section 8B — Landlord’s obligation: election in case of sale at auction.
Landlord’s obligation: election in case of sale at auction. 8B 1 This section applies where the landlord is obliged to proceed and the offer notice was one to which section 5B applied (sale by…
Section 8C — Election in case of disposal for non-monetary consideration.
Election in case of disposal for non-monetary consideration. 8C 1 This section applies where an acceptance notice is duly served on the landlord indicating an intention to accept the offer referred…
Section 8D — Disposal in pursuance of option or right of pre-emption.
Disposal in pursuance of option or right of pre-emption. 8D 1 Where— a the original disposal was the grant of an option or right of pre-emption, and b in pursuance of the option or right, the…
Section 8E — Covenant, &c affecting landlord’s power to dispose.
Covenant, &c affecting landlord’s power to dispose. 8E 1 Where the landlord is obliged to proceed but is precluded by a covenant, condition or other obligation from disposing of the protected…
Section 9 — Withdrawal of either party from transaction.
Withdrawal of either party from transaction. 9 1 Where— a section 6(1) applies to a landlord by virtue of any provision of sections 6 to 8, and b any person has been nominated for the purposes of…
Section 9A — Notice of withdrawal by nominated person.
Notice of withdrawal by nominated person. 9A 1 Where the landlord is obliged to proceed, the nominated person may serve notice on the landlord (a “notice of withdrawal”) indicating his intention no…
Section 9B — Notice of withdrawal by landlord.
Notice of withdrawal by landlord. 9B 1 Where the landlord is obliged to proceed, he may serve notice on the nominated person (a “notice of withdrawal”) indicating his intention no longer to proceed…
Section 10 — Lapse of landlord’s offer.
Lapse of landlord’s offer. 10 1 If after a landlord has served an offer notice the premises concerned cease to be premises to which this Part applies, the landlord may serve a notice on the…
Section 10A — Offence of failure to comply with requirements of Part I.
Offence of failure to comply with requirements of Part I. 10A 1 A landlord commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he makes a relevant disposal affecting premises to which this Part…
Section 11 — Circumstances in which tenants’ rights enforceable against purchaser
Circumstances in which tenants’ rights enforceable against purchaser 11 1 The following provisions of this Part apply where a landlord has made a relevant disposal affecting premises to which at the…
Section 11A — Right to information as to terms of disposal, &c.
Right to information as to terms of disposal, &c. 11A 1 The requisite majority of qualifying tenants of the constituent flats may serve a notice on the purchaser requiring him— a to give particulars…
Section 12 — Right of qualifying tenants to compel sale etc. by new landlord.
Right of qualifying tenants to compel sale etc. by new landlord. 12 1 Where— a paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 11(1) apply to a relevant disposal affecting any premises to which at the time of the…
Section 12A — Right of qualifying tenants to take benefit of contract.
Right of qualifying tenants to take benefit of contract. 12A 1 Where the original disposal consisted of entering into a contract, the requisite majority of qualifying tenants of the constituent flats…
Section 12B — Right of qualifying tenants to compel sale, &c. by purchaser.
Right of qualifying tenants to compel sale, &c. by purchaser. 12B 1 This section applies where— a the original disposal consisted of entering into a contract and no notice has been served under…
Section 12C — Right of qualifying tenants to compel grant of new tenancy by superior landlord
Right of qualifying tenants to compel grant of new tenancy by superior landlord 12C 1 This section applies where the original disposal consisted of the surrender by the landlord of a tenancy held by…
Section 12D — Nominated persons: supplementary provisions.
Nominated persons: supplementary provisions. 12D 1 The person or persons initially nominated for the purposes of section 12A, 12B or 12C shall be nominated in the notice under that section. 2 A…
Section 13 — Determination of questions by leasehold valuation tribunal.
Determination of questions by leasehold valuation tribunal. 13 1 The appropriate tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine— a any question arising in relation to any matters specified in a…
Section 14 — Withdrawal of nominated person from transaction under s.12B or 12C.
Withdrawal of nominated person from transaction under s.12B or 12C. 14 1 Where notice has been duly served on the landlord under— section 12B (right of qualifying tenants to compel sale, &c by…
Section 15 — Right of qualifying tenants to compel grant of new tenancy by superior landlord.
Right of qualifying tenants to compel grant of new tenancy by superior landlord. 15 1 Where— a paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 11(1) apply to a relevant disposal affecting any premises to which at…
Section 16 — Rights of qualifying tenants against subsequent purchaser.
Rights of qualifying tenants against subsequent purchaser. 16 1 This section applies where, at the time when a notice is served on the purchaser under section 11A, 12A, 12B or 12C, he no longer holds…
Section 17 — Termination of rights against purchaser or subsequent purchaser.
Termination of rights against purchaser or subsequent purchaser. 17 1 If, at any time after a notice has been served under section 11A, 12A, 12B or 12C, the premises affected by the original disposal…
Section 18 — Notices served by prospective purchasers to ensure that rights of first refusal do not arise.
Notices served by prospective purchasers to ensure that rights of first refusal do not arise. 18 1 Where— a any disposal of an estate or interest in any premises consisting of the whole or part of a…
Section 18A — The requisite majority of qualifying tenants.
The requisite majority of qualifying tenants. 18A 1 In this Part “the requisite majority of qualifying tenants of the constituent flats” means qualifying tenants of constituent flats with more than…
Section 19 — Enforcement of obligations under Part I.
Enforcement of obligations under Part I. 19 1 The court may, on the application of any person interested, make an order requiring any person who has made default in complying with any duty imposed on…
Section 20 — Construction of Part I and power of Secretary of State to prescribe modifications.
Construction of Part I and power of Secretary of State to prescribe modifications. 20 1 In this Part— “acceptance notice” has the meaning given by section 6(3); “appropriate tribunal” means— in…
Section 20B — Limitation of service charges: time limit on making demands.
Limitation of service charges: time limit on making demands. 20B 1 If any of the relevant costs taken into account in determining the amount of any service charge were incurred more than 18 months…
Section 20C — Limitation of service charges: costs of court proceedings.
Limitation of service charges: costs of court proceedings. 20C 1 A tenant may make an application to the appropriate court for an order that all or any of the costs incurred, or to be incurred, by…
Section 21 — Tenant’s right to apply to court for appointment of manager.
Tenant’s right to apply to court for appointment of manager. 21 1 The tenant of a flat contained in any premises to which this Part applies may, subject to the following provisions of this Part,…
Section 22 — Preliminary notice by tenant.
Preliminary notice by tenant. 22 1 Before an application for an order under section 24 is made in respect of any premises to which this Part applies by a tenant of a flat contained in those premises,…
Section 23 — Application to court for appointment of manager.
Application to court for appointment of manager. 23 1 No application for an order under section 24 shall be made to the appropriate tribunal unless— a in a case where a notice has been served under…
Section 24 — Appointment of manager by a ... tribunal .
Appointment of manager by a ... tribunal . 24 1 The appropriate tribunal may, on an application for an order under this section, by order (whether interlocutory or final) appoint a manager to carry…
Section 24A — Jurisdiction of leasehold valuation tribunal.
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Section 24ZA — Application for appointment of manager by special measures manager
Application for appointment of manager by special measures manager 24ZA 1 A special measures manager for an occupied higher-risk building may apply to the appropriate tribunal for an order under…
Section 24B — Leasehold valuation tribunal: applications and fees.
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Section 25 — Compulsory acquisition of landlord’s interest by qualifying tenants.
Compulsory acquisition of landlord’s interest by qualifying tenants. 25 1 This Part has effect for the purpose of enabling qualifying tenants of flats contained in any premises to which this Part…