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Lessor withholding consent unreasonably

5.—(1) For the purposes of section 18A of and Part I of Schedule 4 to the Act, a lessor is to be taken to have withheld his consent unreasonably where paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applies.

(2) This paragraph applies where –

(a)the lease provides that consent shall or will be given to an alteration of the kind in question; and

(b)the lessor withholds his consent to the alteration.

(3) This paragraph applies where –

(a)the lease provides that consent shall or will be given to an alteration of the kind in question if it is sought in a particular way;

(b)it is sought in that way; and

(c)the lessor withholds his consent to the alteration.

(4) This paragraph applies where the lessor is taken to have withheld his consent by virtue of regulation 4.