Commentary on Sections Part 4 - Condition of Dwelling Chapter 2 - Condition of Dwelling Section 99 – Rights of permitted occupiers to enforce Chapter
273.If this section is incorporated as a term of the contract without modification, in addition to the contract-holder, a permitted occupier of the dwelling who suffers as a result of the landlord not complying with the fitness for habitation or repairing obligations may bring court proceedings against the landlord in their own right. ‘Permitted occupier’ is defined in Section 244.