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PART 3E+WPROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 5E+WJOINT CONTRACT-HOLDERS AND JOINT LANDLORDS

Joint contract-holdersE+W

48Joint contract-holders: joint liability etc.E+W

(1)If there are two or more joint contract-holders under an occupation contract, each joint contract-holder is fully liable to the landlord for the performance of every obligation owed to the landlord under the contract.

(2)References in this Act to the contract-holder, except where otherwise provided, are to the joint contract-holders.

(3)Subsection (2) applies even if the occupation contract is a tenancy and the leasehold estate is vested in one or more, but not all, of the joint contract-holders.

Commencement Information

I1S. 48 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2