# Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, Paragraph 2: Defective premises


(1) Section 4 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (c. 35) (landlord’s duty of care by virtue of obligation or right to repair demised premises) has effect with the modifications provided by this paragraph.
(2) References to the landlord (apart from the first reference in subsections (1) and (4)) are to the RTM company.
(3) The reference to the material time is to the acquisition date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/15/schedule/7/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commonhold-and-leasehold-reform-act-2002/schedule-7/paragraph-2
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