HC Deb 21 December 1927 vol 212 c501

Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 2, at the end, insert new Sub-section: (2) This Part of this Act shall not apply to any holding let to a tenant as the holder of any office, appointment or employment, from the landlord, and continuing so long as the tenant holds such office, appointment or employment, but in the case of a tenancy created after the commencement of this Act, only if the contract is in writing and expresses the purpose for which the tenancy is created.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

This is not merely a drafting Amendment. It is clear that if a landlord lets premises to a tenant in the landlord's employment, carrying on the landlord's business, the tenant ought not to be entitled to claim either compensation or a new lease from the landlord. I think the new Sub-section here proposed remedies that defect.

Subsequent Lords Amendments to page 18, line 6, agreed to.