# Settled Land Act 1890, Section 7: Provision as to leases for 21 years.


A lease for a term not exceeding twenty-one years at the best rent that can be reasonably obtained without fine, and whereby the lessee is not exempted from punishment for waste, may be made by a tenant for life—
(i) Without any notice of an intention to make the same having been given under section forty-five of the Act of 1882; and
(ii) Notwithstanding that there are no trustees of the settlement for the purposes of the Settled Land Acts, 1882 to 1890; and
(iii) By any writing under hand only containing an agreement instead of a covenant by the lessee for payment of rent in cases where the term does not extend beyond three years from the date of the writing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/53-54/69/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/settled-land-act-1890/section-7
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