17E+WAny failure by the tenant to make a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs, or any part or instalment of such a payment, at the time when it becomes due shall be treated as a breach of the obligations of the tenancy for the purposes of [F1Case 1 in [F2Schedule 15] to the Rent Act] (which relates to recovery of possession where the rent has not been paid or any other obligation of the tenancy has not been performed).
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Rent Act 1968 (c. 23), Sch. 15 (continued by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), Sch. 24 para. 30)
F2Words substituted by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), s. 155(2), Sch. 23 para. 19
18E+WWhere any sum in respect of a payment for accrued tenant’s repairs has been recovered in advance of the carrying out of the relevant initial repairs, then in any case where paragraph 4 or 11 of this Schedule applies such repayment shall be made as may be just.
19E+WIn this Schedule the expression “immediate landlord” means the person who as respects the dwelling-house is the landlord of the tenant for the purposes of the [F3Rent Act] and the expression “relevant initial repairs” means the repairs in respect of which the payment for accrued tenant’s repairs is payable.
Textual Amendments
F3Words substituted by Rent Act 1968 (c. 23), Sch. 15 (continued by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), Sch. 24 para. 30)