Application of landlord and tenant law
18.—(1) This article applies to—
(a)any agreement for leasing to any person the whole or any part of the authorised works or the right to operate those works; and
(b)any agreement entered into by the Nominated Undertaker with any person for the construction, maintenance, use or operation of the authorised works or any part of those works,
so far as any such agreement relates to the terms on which land which is the subject of a lease granted by or under this agreement to be provided for that person’s use.
(2) No enactment or rule of law regulating the rights or obligations of landlords and tenants prejudices the operation of any agreement to which this article applies.
(3) No such enactment or rule of law applies in relation to rights and obligations of the parties to any lease granted by or under any such agreement so as to—
(a)exclude or in any respect modify any of the rights and obligations of those parties under the terms of the lease, whether with respect to the termination of the tenancy or any matter;
(b)confer or impose on any such 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 lease, in addition to any such right or obligation provided for by the terms of the lease; or
(c)restrict the enforcement (whether by action for damages or otherwise) by any party to the lease of the obligation of any party under the lease.