{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/31",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Crown land.",
  "text": "(1) Parts 1 and 3 and sections 42 to 42B (and so much of this Part as relates to those provisions) shall apply to a tenancy from the Crown if there has ceased to be a Crown interest in the land subject to it.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Where there exists a Crown interest in any land subject to a tenancy from the Crown and the person holding that tenancy is himself the landlord under any other tenancy whose subject-matter comprises the whole or part of that land, the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) shall apply to that other tenancy, and to any derivative sub-tenancy, notwithstanding the existence of that interest.\n(4) For the purposes of this section “tenancy from the Crown” means a tenancy of land in which there is, or has during the subsistence of the tenancy been, a Crown interest superior to the tenancy, and “Crown interest” means—\n(a) an interest comprised in the Crown Estate;\n(b) an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster;\n(c) an interest belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall;\n(d) any other interest belonging to a government department or held on behalf of Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 56(1) substituted (30.9.2003 for E. for specified purposes, 30.3.2004 for W. for specified purposes) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 172(6)(a), 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(iii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(iii) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 56(2) repealed (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 181(1), Sch. 14; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(iv), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(iv), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 56(3) substituted (30.9.2003 for E. for specified purposes, 30.3.2004 for W. for specified purposes) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 172(6)(b), 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(iii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(iii) (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/31/section/56",
    "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."
}