{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/31",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1987",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Meaning of “lease”, “long lease” and related expressions.",
  "text": "(l) ln this Act “lease” and “tenancy” have the same meaning; and both expressions include—\n(a) a sub-lease or sub-tenancy, and\n(b) an agreement for a lease or tenancy (or for a sub-lease or sub-tenancy).\n(2) The expressions “landlord” and “tenant”, and references to letting, to the grant of a lease or to covenants or the terms of a lease shall be construed accordingly.\n(3) In this Act “long leas” means—\n(a) a lease granted for a term certain exceeding 21 years, whether or not it is (or may become) terminable before the end of that term by notice given by the tenant or by re-entry or forfeiture;\n(b) a lease for a term fixed by law under a grant with a covenant or obligation for perpetual renewal, other than a lease by sub-demise from one which is not a long lease; or\n(c) a lease granted in pursuance of Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy) , including a lease granted in pursuance of that Part as it has effect by virtue of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 59(3)(c) added (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/627, art. 2, Sch. para. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/31/section/59",
    "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."
}