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Paragraph 10 Failure to comply with obligations

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(1)

If either the landlord or the tenant shall neglect or fail to perform any of his obligations arising from the tenant's notice or arising out of any of these conditions, then the other party may give to the party in default at least 2 months' notice in writing referring to this condition, specifying the default and requiring him to make it good before the expiration of the notice.

(2)

If the tenant does not comply with such a notice given by the landlord then, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the landlord under the Act or otherwise,

(a)

the landlord and tenant shall thereupon be discharged from the further performance of their obligations, other than the tenant's obligation to pay the landlord's costs, and

(b)

the deposit money, if any, shall be forfeited to the landlord,

but if the landlord recovers any sums in the exercise of any remedy he shall give credit for the deposit against any sums so recovered.

(3)

If the landlord does not comply with such a notice given by the tenant, then the tenant may require the deposit money, if any, to be returned to him forthwith and shall be discharged from the obligation to pay the landlord's reasonable costs imposed by section 9 of the Act, and thereupon the landlord and the tenant shall be discharged from the further performance of their obligations, but without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the tenant under the Act or otherwise.