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Housing Act 1980

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80Repairing obligations in short leases

(1)Section 32 of the [1961 c. 65.] Housing Act 1961 (covenant by landlord to repair to be implied in short leases) does not apply to any lease granted after the commencement of this section—

(a)to a specified educational institution or other specified body;

(b)to a housing association falling within section 15(3) of the 1977 Act;

(c)to a body of a kind mentioned in section 14 of the 1977 Act (local authorities etc);

(d)to Her Majesty in right of the Crown unless the lease is under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners ; or

(e)to a government department, or to any person holding in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

(2)In subsection (1) above " specified " means specified, or of a class specified, by regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 8 of the 1977 Act.

(3)In section 33(1) of the Housing Act 1961 (leases to which section 32 applies) after the words " this section " there are inserted the words " and section 80 of the Housing Act 1980 ".

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