# Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, Section 20I: Right of landlord to obtain costs attributable to permitted insurance payments


(1) It is an implied term of a lease under which a service charge is payable that, if the landlord incurs costs attributable to a permitted insurance payment, the tenant must pay the landlord the amount of those costs.
(2) Such an amount—
(a) is a variable service charge for the purposes of section 18, and the provisions of this Act relating to service charges apply accordingly;
(b) is payable irrespective of whether a lease, contract or other arrangement provides for it to be payable as a service charge.
(3) A lease, contract or other arrangement is of no effect to the extent it would limit the amount payable by the tenant under this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/70/section/20I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-20I
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