SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14Rent arrears recovery: amendments

Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)

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1

Section 26 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (rights of action by and against personal representative) is amended as follows.

2

Omit subsection (3).

3

For subsection (4) substitute—

4

To recover rent due or accruing to the deceased, a personal representative may exercise any power under section 72(1) (commercial rent arrears recovery) or 81 (right to rent from sub-tenant) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 that would have been exercisable by the deceased if he had still been living.