PART IV

SECURE TENANCIES AND RIGHTS OF SECURE TENANTS

Repairs and improvements

Tenant’s improvements require consent.
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1
It is a term of every secure tenancy that the tenant will not make any improvement without the written consent of the landlord.
2
In this Part “improvement” means any alteration in, or addition to, a dwelling-house, and includes—
a
any addition to or alteration in landlord’s fixtures and fittings,
b
any addition or alteration connected with the provision of services to the dwelling-house,
c
the erection of a wireless or television aerial, and
d
the carrying out of external decoration.
3
The consent required by virtue of subsection (1) shall not be unreasonably withheld, and if unreasonably withheld shall be treated as given.
4
The provisions of this section have effect, in relation to secure tenancies, in place of section 19(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (general provisions as to covenants, &c. not to make improvements without consent).
5
In this section “
secure tenancy
” does not include a secure tenancy that is a flexible tenancy.
1927 c. 36.
S. 47, 48, 50, 51, Pt. IV(ss. 79–117) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22 and 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61
Pt. IV (ss. 79-117) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(c)
Pt. IV (ss. 79-117) extended (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, ss. 53, 63(4), Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 7(3)(6) (with Sch. 9 paras. 8-10); S.I. 1997/1892, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4(b)(c))
S. 97(5) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 155(3), 240(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(a) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)