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Paragraph 11 MaintenanceI1

England and Wales

The tenant must carry out the following maintenance—

(a)

keep clean and in good working order all roof valleys, eaves-guttering and downpipes, wells, septic tanks, cesspools, sewage disposal systems, slurry, silage and effluent systems excluding anaerobic digesters;

(b)

keep clear and in good working order reed beds for water and sewage treatment;

(c)

properly clean, paint or otherwise treat with materials of suitable quality the inside of the farmhouse, cottages and farm buildings, including the interior of outward opening doors and windows of the farmhouse and cottages, which have been previously so treated, whenever necessary, and in any case at intervals of not more than 7 years;

(d)

in the last year of the tenancy to lime wash the inside of buildings previously lime washed;

(e)

dig out, scour and cleanse all ponds, watercourses, ditches and grips as necessary to maintain them at sufficient width and depth; and

(f)

cut, trim and lay a proper proportion of the hedges in each year of the tenancy to maintain them in good and sound condition.

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Commencement

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Sch. 1 para. 11 in force at 1.10.2015, see reg. 1(1)