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Paragraph 23 Payment by the landlordI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

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(1)

The landlord may make payment to the tenant in any manner that it thinks fit, except that the landlord may only credit the tenant's rent account in any case where the tenant is in arrears with the rent for his dwelling-house at the date of the payment, and to the extent of the arrears.

(2)

The landlord's notice accepting the tenant's claim for payment under paragraph 12 or, as the case may be, the tenant's further claim for payment under paragraph 17 (or that paragraph as applied by paragraph 20) shall contain the following particulars—

(a)

the amount to be paid;

(b)

the manner by which payment is to be made; and

(c)

a date, no later than 14 days after service of such notice, by which payment is to be made, where such payment is not concurrent with the notice.

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Sch. para. 23 in force at 1.1.1986, see reg. 1