Landlord and Tenant Act

3mph

When NASA sent the Voyager missions to outer space they included examples of music and literature representing humankind. Later there was concern this would entice more advanced species to attack us.

They should have just sent a copy of the Landlord and Tenant Act since it would convince any advanced civilisation that there was no point in going to Earth if that was what the life forms there produced.

Odds and ends of things happening with my flat which means that I am need to go through the Landlord and Tenant Act.

Sorry rant over.

eddddy

Are you saying it's a bad act? What aspects of it don't you like?

As a leaseholder, you would have less protection if it didn't exist.

Comms69

Go through it? - what does that mean?

3mph

eddddy -

(6)
Where an appropriate amount is set by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (5), theamount of the relevant costs incurred on carrying out the works or under the agreementwhich may be taken into account in determining the relevant contributions of tenantsis limited to the appropriate amount.
(7)
Where an appropriate amount is set by virtue of paragraph (b) of that subsection, theamount of the relevant contribution of the tenant, or each of the tenants, whose relevantcontribution would otherwise exceed the amount prescribed by, or determined inaccordance with, the regulations is limited to the amount so prescribed or determined.]

ad nauseam

fairy_lights

I can't even work out if you're the landlord or the tenant in this scenario. You might get more useful replies if you told us what the problem actually is.

G_M

Fortunately there's more than one Landlord and Tenant Act.

That'll really confuse the attacking aliens.

ReadingTim

Legalese, like any technical jargon is very precise, but very subject specific and requires a certain amount of technical knowledge and education to understand what it is saying. You will find the same challenges in (for example) medical literature. It is not, nor is it intended to be, "plain English" for the layman.

However, I suspect the problem is not what it says, but that it doesn't say what you want it to say.

3mph

fairy_lights wrote: »

I can't even work out if you're the landlord or the tenant in this scenario. You might get more useful replies if you told us what the problem actually is.

I was trying to find out what information I was entitled to ask for about a cash call the Management Co has made for repair work which is not covered by a sinking fund.

I have just about worked out which parts of the Act and what they mean and the Welsh variation so not a problem that Paracetamol will not sort out.

3mph

ReadingTim wrote: »

Legalese, like any technical jargon is very precise, but very subject specific and requires a certain amount of technical knowledge and education to understand what it is saying. You will find the same challenges in (for example) medical literature. It is not, nor is it intended to be, "plain English" for the layman.

However, I suspect the problem is not what it says, but that it doesn't say what you want it to say.

Agree but I have also just been through the Company's Act and that is very clear in comparison and yet I would have thought as complex.

ReadingTim

3mph wrote: »

Agree but I have also just been through the Company's Act and that is very clear in comparison and yet I would have thought as complex.

The Companies Act 2006 was drafted with "plain English" in mind. Compare it to the 1985 Act and you'll see. Standard CA06 forms have also doubled (or tripled) in length on account of being written so they're understandable to the layman compared to CA85 forms.

Technical queries relating to legislation won't help you here, as you're trying to resolve a commercial, not a legal issue.

theartfullodger

You delude yourself:. It's not just one LL & T Act, it's probably 100 Acts & regulations.