{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1954/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1954/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1954",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1954",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Protection of residential tenants on termination of long tenancies at low rents.",
  "text": "On the termination in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act of a tenancy to which this section applies the tenant shall be entitled to the protection of the Rent Act subject to and in accordance with those provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Rent Act 1968 (c. 23), Sch. 15 (continued by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), Sch. 24 para. 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1 excluded by Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), s. 16(1)(c)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1 excluded by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 75:1), s. 186(2)(3)S. 1 excluded (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 59(2)(b)(i); S.I. 1993/2134, art. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:15:51.039918+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}