SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Premises: exceptions

Owner-occupier

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1

Section 36(1)(a) does not apply if—

a

the premises are, or have been, the only or main home of a person by whom they are let, and

b

since entering into the letting, neither that person nor any other by whom they are let has used a manager for managing the premises.

2

A manager is a person who, by profession or trade, manages let premises.

3

Section 36(1)(b) does not apply if—

a

the premises are, or have been, the only or main home of a person who has them to let, and

b

neither that person nor any other who has the premises to let uses the services of an estate agent for letting the premises.

4

Estate agent” has the meaning given in paragraph 1.