# Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, Section 164: Occupiers may deduct a proportion of drainage rate from their rent.


Every occupier of any such house or building at a rent not less than the rackrent who has paid any such drainage rate shall be entitled to deduct three-fourths of the rate so paid by him from the rent payable by him to his landlord: Every occupier at a rent less than the rackrent who has paid any such drainage rate shall be entitled to deduct from the rent payable by him to his landlord such proportion of three-fourths of the rate so paid by him as the rent payable by him bears to the rackrent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/164 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-164
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