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Print="false"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/pdfs/asc_20260010_en.pdf" Date="2026-05-20" Size="2606761" Print="false"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/pdfs/asc_20260010_mi.pdf" Date="2026-05-20" Size="3428475" Language="Mixed" Print="true"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="87"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="62"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="25"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><body eId="body"><part eId="part-3"><num>PART 3</num><heading>REGULATION OF VISITOR ACCOMMODATION</heading><chapter eId="part-3-chapter-3"><num>CHAPTER 3</num><heading>REGULATED VISITOR ACCOMMODATION: CONTRACT TERMS</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-3-chapter-3-crossheading-limits-on-obligation-to-ensure-premises-fit-for-visitor-accommodation"><heading>Limits on obligation to ensure premises fit for visitor accommodation</heading><section eId="section-40" uk:target="true"><num>40</num><heading>Limits on fitness for visitor accommodation duty: visitor’s fault</heading><subsection eId="section-40-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>Section 39 does not impose any liability on the VAP if the premises are not fit for visitor accommodation wholly or mainly because of an act or omission (including an act or omission amounting to lack of care) of the visitor.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-40-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>The VAP is not required by section 39(2) to carry out works or repairs if the disrepair is wholly or mainly attributable to lack of care by the visitor.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-40-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-lack-of-care" eId="term-lack-of-care">Lack of care</term>” means a failure to take proper care—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-40-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>of the premises, 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