Section 1 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Short title
This Act may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act. [Act No. 12 of 1971, s. 2.]
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- Section 2 - Interpretation
(1) For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to commerce;
"catering...
- Section 3 - Matters relating to controlled tenancies generally
(1) Without prejudice to the power of the parties to a tenancy to adopt any form upon which they may mutually agree, a controlled tenancy may be reduced to writing in the prescribed form.
(2) The...
- Section 4 - Termination of and alteration of terms and conditions in controlled tenancy
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law or anything contained in the terms and conditions of a controlled tenancy, no such tenancy shall terminate or be terminated, and no term or...
- Section 5 - Effect on sub-tenancies
(1) Where a landlord is himself a tenant, the termination of the landlord’s tenancy shall not of itself terminate a controlled sub-tenancy, but for the purposes of this Act the person entitled to the...
- Section 6 - Reference to Tribunal
(1) A receiving party who wishes to oppose a tenancy notice, and who has notified the requesting party under section 4(5) of this Act that he does not agree to comply with the tenancy notice, may,...
- Section 7 - Grounds on which landlord may seek to terminate tenancy
(1) Where under section 4 of this Act served a notice of termination of a controlled tenancy on the tenant, the grounds on which the landlord seeks to terminate such tenancy may be such of the...
- Section 9 - Decision of Tribunal and effect thereof
(1) Upon a reference a Tribunal may, after such inquiry as may be required by or under this Act, or as it deems necessary—
(a) approve the terms of the tenancy notice concerned, either in its...
- Section 10 - Effect of notice where tenant fails to refer to Tribunal, etc.
Where a landlord has served a notice in accordance with the requirements of section 4 of this Act, on a tenant, and the tenant fails within the appropriate time to notify the landlord of his...
- Section 11 - Establishment of Tribunals
(1) A Tribunal shall consist of a person or persons appointed as such by the Cabinet Secretary, and shall exercise such jurisdiction as is conferred on it by or under this Act, over such area as shall...
- Section 12 - Powers of Tribunals
(1) A Tribunal shall, in relation to its area of jurisdiction have power to do all things which it is required or empowered to do by or under the provisions of this Act, and in addition to and without...
- Section 13 - Compensation for misrepresentation
Where a Tribunal makes any order in respect of a tenancy under this Act and it is subsequently made to appear to the Tribunal that it was induced to make the order by the misrepresentation or the...
- Section 14 - Filing of determination or order in court
(1) A duly certified copy of any determination or order of a Tribunal may be filed in a competent subordinate court of the first class by any party to the proceedings before such Tribunal or by the...
- Section 15 - Appeal to court
(1) Any party to a reference aggrieved by any determination or order of a Tribunal made therein may, within thirty days after the date of such determination or order, appeal to the Environment and...
- Section 16 - Regulations and rules
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing such regulations may...