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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022/schedule-8/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/30",
  "legislation_title": "Building Safety Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-safety-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/13",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Presumption: qualifying lease",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a lease that meets the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 119(2).\n(2) The lease is to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as a qualifying lease unless—\n(a) the landlord under the lease has taken all reasonable steps (and any prescribed steps) to obtain a qualifying lease certificate from a tenant under the lease, and\n(b) no such certificate has been provided to the landlord.\n(3) In this paragraph “qualifying lease certificate” means a certificate, complying with any prescribed requirements, that the condition in section 119(2)(d) was met in relation to the lease at the qualifying time.\n(4) The requirements that may be prescribed include requirements as to—\n(a) the information to be provided in the certificate,\n(b) the form of the certificate, and\n(c) the execution of the certificate.",
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 13 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 170(3)(a)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/schedule/8/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:43.272944+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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