Distress Act · 2009 Revised Edition
Section 25
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where rent due by any tenant, otherwise than for a term certain to a landlord thereof has remained unpaid for not less than 14 days after payment thereof became due and still remains unpaid, then, in the absence of an express agreement between the parties to the contrary, any notice to quit given by the landlord to the tenant shall, if the length thereof be otherwise sufficient, expire on such day as may by the terms of the notice be appointed for the expiration thereof, whether such day coincides with the termination of some period of the tenancy or not.
tenant
“tenant” means any person from whom a landlord claims rent to be due under any such lease or agreement. To apply to rents owed to Government.
Terms defined in s 2
landlord
Defined · s 2“landlord” means the lessor or sub-lessor of any premises, under any lease or agreement of tenancy, and includes any person claiming to be entitled in any capacity to receive rents due under any such lease or agreement;
tenant
Defined · s 2“tenant” means any person from whom a landlord claims rent to be due under any such lease or agreement. To apply to rents owed to Government.