# Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Paragraph 13: Interpretation


(1) The following provision applies for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule.
(2) The superior tenancy permits the grant of a sub-tenancy, or the inclusion of particular rent review terms in a sub-tenancy, if granting the sub-tenancy, or including those terms, would not breach the terms of the superior tenancy.
(3) References to the superior tenancy, and references to the terms of the superior tenancy, include references to—
(a) the terms of any agreement relating to the superior tenancy, and
(b) any document or communication from a party to the superior tenancy which gives or refuses consent for the grant of a category or description of sub-tenancy.
(4) “Superior tenancy” has the meaning given in paragraph 11(1).
(5) “Sub-tenancy” means a tenancy that is inferior to the superior tenancy (whether or not it is immediately inferior to that tenancy).
(6) The “result that is prohibited by paragraph 9(3)” means the result that the new passing rent is larger than the reference amount.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56/schedule/7A/paragraph/13 (the official version)
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