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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-74",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007",
  "path": "section/74",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "74",
  "heading": "Lease",
  "text": "(1) “Lease” means a tenancy in law or in equity, including a tenancy at will, but not including a tenancy at sufferance.\n(2) A lease must be evidenced in writing.\n(3) References to a lease are to a lease as varied from time to time (whether or not the variation is in writing).\n(4) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 74 in force at 6.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/section/74",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:45.892078+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."
}