# Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Paragraph 5: Tenant to have power to take action to enable rent review to operate effectively


(1) This paragraph applies if—
(a) an action is necessary for a particular rent review to operate effectively (an “operational action”), and
(b) the rent review terms, or any other terms (whether contained in the instrument creating the tenancy or not), do not allow the tenant to take the operational action.
(2) The tenant may take the operational action.
(3) If the tenant takes the operational action, the tenant must give the landlord notice in writing of the action within the period of seven days beginning with the day on which the action was taken.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56/schedule/7A/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1954/schedule-7A/paragraph-5
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