14Landlord’s duty to repair and maintain
(1)The landlord in a tenancy must ensure that the house meets the repairing standard—
(a)at the start of the tenancy, and
(b)at all times during the tenancy.
(2)The duty imposed by subsection (1) includes a duty to make good any damage caused by carrying out any work for the purposes of complying with the duty in that subsection.
(3)The duty imposed by subsection (1)(b) applies only where—
(a)the tenant notifies the landlord, or
(b)the landlord otherwise becomes aware,
that work requires to be carried out for the purposes of complying with it.
(4)The landlord complies with the duty imposed by subsection (1)(b) only if any work which requires to be carried out for the purposes of complying with that duty is completed within a reasonable time of the landlord being notified by the tenant, or otherwise becoming aware, that the work is required.