Section 61 inserts new sections 10C (Remedying of hazards occurring in accommodation in England occupied under licence) and 10D (Regulations under section 10C: supplementary provision) into the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. These new sections imply a term in specified licences to occupy residential accommodation that the licensor will comply with requirements set out in regulations in respect of hazards. They also provide for three new powers - one to prescribe the requirements, one to prescribe what descriptions of licence will contain a term requiring the licensor to meet these requirements, and one to make provision in relation to the implied term corresponding to any provision made in relation to the implied covenant relating to fitness for human habitation by section 9A, subsections (4) to (8) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. Section 61, subsection (2) ensures that the "residential premises" to which the powers in section 10C apply includes temporary accommodation for the homeless before, as well as after section 101, subsection (3) comes into force.
Part 1: Tenancy reform Chapter 7: Miscellaneous Section 61: Remedying of hazards occurring in accommodation in England occupied under licence Effect