Greater London Authority Act 1999

218 PPP leases

(1) In this Chapter “PPP lease” means any lease—

(a) which constitutes a PPP agreement;

(b) which is entered into in accordance with a PPP agreement; or

(c) which is designated as a PPP lease.

(2) An instrument containing a PPP lease must also contain, or have endorsed upon it, a certificate—

(a) signed by or on behalf of the parties to the lease, and

(b) stating that the instrument contains a PPP lease.

(3) Any designation for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) above shall be made by the same person, and in the same manner, as if it were a PPP designation.

(4) No enactment or rule of law regulating the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants shall prejudice the operation of an agreement between a relevant body and a PPP company as to the terms on which land which is the subject of a PPP lease is provided.

(5) Accordingly no such enactment or rule of law applies in relation to the rights and obligations of the parties to a PPP lease—

(a) so as to exclude or modify in any respect any of the rights and obligations of those parties under the terms of the PPP lease, whether with respect to the termination of the tenancy or any other matter;

(b) so as to confer or impose on any party any right or obligation arising out of or connected with anything done or omitted on or in relation to land which is the subject of the PPP lease, in addition to any such right or obligation provided for by the terms of the PPP lease;

(c) so as to restrict the enforcement (whether by action for damages or otherwise) by any party to the PPP lease of any obligation of any other party under the PPP lease.

(6) In this section “lease” includes an underlease and an agreement for a lease or underlease.