Section 11 (repairing obligations) does not apply to a new lease granted to an existing tenant, or to a former tenant still in possession, if the previous lease was not a lease to which section 11 applied (and, in the case of a lease granted before 24th October 1961, would not have been if it had been granted on or after that date).
In subsection (1)—
"existing tenant" means a person who is when, or immediately before, the new lease is granted, the lessee under another lease of the dwelling-house;
"former tenant is still in possession" means a person who—
Section 11 does not apply to a lease of a dwelling-house which is a tenancy of an agricultural holding within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986and in relation to which that Act applies or to a farm business tenancy within the meaning of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.
Section 11 does not apply to a lease granted on or after 3rd October 1980 to—
a local authority,
a National Park Authority
a new town corporation,
an urban development corporation,
a Mayoral development corporation,
the Development Board for Rural Wales,
a non-profit registered provider of social housing
a registered social landlord,
a co-operative housing association, or
an educational institution or other body specified, or of a class specified, by regulations under section 8 of the Rent Act 1977 or paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (bodies making student lettings)
a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988.
Section 11 does not apply to a lease granted on or after 3rd October 1980 to—