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(1)The following provisions of this section shall have effect with respect to a controlled tenancy of a dwelling which is certified by the local authority, on the application of the landlord, to satisfy the following conditions, that is to say, that it is provided with all the standard amenities for the exclusive use of its occupants, that it is in good repair, having regard to its age, character and locality and disregarding internal decorative repair, and that it is in all other respects fit for human habitation.
(2)Except in the case mentioned in subsection (3) of this section the tenancy shall become a regulated tenancy on the issue of the certificate or (unless the tenancy has then become a regulated tenancy apart from this Act or has ceased to exist) on such later date as is specified in section 50 of this Act or an order made thereunder.
(3)If the controlled tenancy is one to which Part II of the Act of 1954 would apply, apart from section 9(3) of the [1968 c. 23.] Rent Act 1968, or would so apply if the controlled tenancy were a tenancy within the meaning of the Act of 1954, it shall, on the issue of the certificate, cease to be a controlled tenancy and shall then be treated as a tenancy continuing by virtue of section 24 of the Act of 1954 after the expiry of a term of years certain.
(4)Section 46 of the [1968 c. 23.] Rent Act 1968 (determination of fair rent) shall apply in relation to a controlled tenancy which becomes a regulated tenancy by virtue of this Part of this Act as if the references in subsection (3) thereof to the tenant under the regulated tenancy included references to the tenant under the controlled tenancy.
(5)The conditions mentioned in subsection (1) of this section are in this Part of this Act referred to as the qualifying conditions and a certificate issued in accordance with this section as a qualification certificate.
(6)In this section " the Act of 1954 " means the [1954 c. 56.] Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.
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