The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 (c. 26) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
.
Section 7 - Short title, commencement and extent
Section 7(2) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means
calendar month
A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physi ...
s. The day (that is to say, 29 July 1988) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months.
[Hare v Gocher ]962
Year 962 ( CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* December – Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine e ...
2 QB 641, 962
Year 962 ( CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* December – Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine e ...
2 All ER 673; Trow v Ind Coope (West Midlands) Ltd 9672 QB 899 at 909, 9672 All ER 900, CA. This means that the Act came into force on 29 September 1988.
See also
*
Landlord and Tenant Act
Landlord and Tenant Act (with variations) is a stock short title used for legislation about rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants of leasehold estate in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States.
List Hong Kong
*The Land ...
References
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Halsbury's Statutes,
External links
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 as amended from the
National Archives.
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 as originally enacted from the
National Archives.
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1988
Landlord–tenant law
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