{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-property-repairs-act-1938/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-property-repairs-act-1938/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/1-2/34",
  "legislation_title": "Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-property-repairs-act-1938",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Saving for obligation to repair on taking possession.",
  "text": "This Act shall not apply to a breach of a covenant or agreement in so far as it imposes on the lessee an obligation to put premises in repair that is to be performed upon the lessee taking possession of the premises or within a reasonable time thereafter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word substituted by Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56), s. 51(2)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/1-2/34/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:33:35.422026+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."
}