Section 126: Licences.

Housing Act 1996 · 1996 c. 52View on legislation.gov.uk

Part V: Conduct of tenants — Chapter I: Introductory Tenancies : England

The provisions of this Chapter apply in relation to a licence to occupy a dwelling-house (whether or not granted for a consideration) as they apply in relation to a tenancy.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a licence granted as a temporary expedient to a person who entered the dwelling-house or any other land as a trespasser (whether or not, before the grant of that licence, another licence to occupy that or another dwelling-house had been granted to him).

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