§ Either the owner or the occupier may give notice of removal with a view to terminate any tenancy of a dwelling-house on the day upon which the next payment of rent falls due, or if that day is not a lawful date for the termination of a let 1711 under this Act, on the lawful date next following the said day, provided that—
- (a) If the house be let for a period of more than three months the notice shall be given at least forty days before the said lawful date; and
- (b) If the house be let for a period of three months or less the notice shall be given as many days before the said lawful date as shall be equivalent to at least one-third of the said period; except in the case of a let for a shorter period than one month, in which case the notice shall be given at least five days before the said lawful date.
§ Amendment made: After the word "a" ["tenancy of a dwelling-house"] insert the word "small."—[Mr. Ure.]