Section 12: Duration of short tenancies excluded from Part II of Act of 1954.

Law of Property Act 1969 · 1969 c.59

Part I: Amendment of Part II of Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

12(1)

In section 43(3) of the Act of 1954 (exclusion of certain tenancies granted for not more than three months) for the words "three months", in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "six months" and for the words "six months" (in paragraph (b)) the words "twelve months".

12(2)

Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to tenancies granted before the commencement of this Act.

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