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Keep up the Act

By: Series: Estates Gazette ; (0113) 31 March 2001, 146(1)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Sets out and counters a number of arguments suggesting the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is in need of an overhaul. Criticisms of the Act that are addressed include the following: it discourages development; favours old-fashioned buildings and affects the commercial mobility of a tenant and its employees; Scottish businesses function without it; the opting out procedure calls into question the reason for the Act's existence.

Sets out and counters a number of arguments suggesting the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is in need of an overhaul. Criticisms of the Act that are addressed include the following: it discourages development; favours old-fashioned buildings and affects the commercial mobility of a tenant and its employees; Scottish businesses function without it; the opting out procedure calls into question the reason for the Act's existence.