# Landlord and Tenant (Requisitioned Land) Act 1944, Section 5: Interpretation.


In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—
“Damage” includes dilapidations, but does not include war damage within the meaning of the War Damage Act 1943;
“Emergency powers” has the same meaning as in the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939, that is to say any power conferred by—
a b . . .
csection nine of the Civil Aviation Act 1949, as amended by any subsequent enactment,
or any power exercisable by virtue of the prerogative of the Crown;
“Lease” includes an under-lease or other tenancy, an assignment operating as a lease or under-lease, and an agreement for a lease, under-lease or tenancy, or for such an assignment, and the expression “covenant” shall be construed accordingly;
“Repairing covenant” means a covenant, whether express or implied, and whether general or specific, to keep in repair any premises comprised in a lease, or to leave or put any such premises in repair, or to pay a sum of money in lieu of leaving or putting the premises in repair, at the termination of the lease, but does not include a covenant to lay out in the reinstatement of any such premises money received under a policy of insurance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/7-8/5/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-requisitioned-land-act-1944/section-5
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