{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/31",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Application of Part VI, etc.",
  "text": "(1) This Part applies to premises which consist of or include a dwelling and are not held under a tenancy to which Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies.\n(1A) But this Part does not apply if the dwelling is in Wales and is subject to an occupation contract (see section 7 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)).\n(2) In this Part “service charge” has the meaning given by section 18(1) of the 1985 Act.\n(3) In this Part “administration charge” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 46(1A) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 15(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 46(3) inserted (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 181(1), Sch. 11 para. 9; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(i) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(i) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1954 c.56."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 46-48 modified (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 181(1), Sch. 7 para. 12; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(a); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 46-49 extended to Crown Land (30.9.2003 for E. for specified purposes, 30.3.2004 for W. for specified purposes, 28.2.2005 for E. for specified purposes, 31.5.2005 for W. for specified purposes) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 172, 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/3056, art. 3(h) (with art. 4); S.I. 2005/1353, art. 2(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/31/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:33.693931+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."
}