Section 17 Interpretation.

In this Act the expression “the principal Act” means the M1Landlord and Tenant (War Damage) Act 1939.

In this Act and in the principal Act the expression “war damage” shall have the meaning assigned to it by subsections (1) and (2) of section eighty of the M2War Damage Act 1941 and subsection (3) of that section shall apply for the purposes of this Act and the principal Act as it applies for the purposes of the War Damage Act 1941; and the definition of the said expression in the principal Act shall cease to have effect.

It is hereby declared for the removal of doubt that the expression “landlord”, as defined by section twenty-four of the principal Act includes, in relation to any lease, a mortgagee of the lessor’s interest who is in possession of that interest or has appointed a receiver of the rents and profits thereof.

In subsection (2) of section ten of the principal Act (which defines the expression “rent”), for the words “any periodical sum payable by the tenant in connection with the occupation of the land comprised in the lease” there shall be substituted the words “any periodical sum payable by the tenant to the landlord in connection with his tenancy”, and the references to the definition of the said expression in sections eleven and twelve of the principal Act shall be construed accordingly.

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References in this Act to buildings or works on land shall be construed as including references to buildings or works under and over land.