Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Provisions Applying to All Occupation Contracts Chapter 9 - Landlord’s Consent Section 85 - Application to court relating to consent
253.This section confers a right on a person who requests consent to apply to the court on the grounds that the landlord has unreasonably refused consent or attached unreasonable conditions to any consent given. The court may overturn a landlord’s refusal to consent, or may declare that the landlord is treated as having consented without any conditions, or without any conditions it deems unreasonable, or it may ask the landlord to reconsider the request.