Full legislation
s.50A
Block lettings
(1) For the purposes of this Part, where a tenancy is of premises consisting of 2 or more dwellings, which dwellings have an aggregated rateable value of not less than the sum mentioned in paragraph (m) of section 50(6) , that paragraph shall not have the effect of excluding from the application of this Part a dwelling in those premises the rateable value of which is less than that sum; and unless otherwise excluded, this Part shall apply to such a dwelling in accordance with subsection (2). (2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1), this Part applies to a dwelling, that dwelling— (a) shall be deemed to be premises subject to a separate tenancy to which this Part applies and, if it is subject to a sub-tenancy, that sub-tenancy shall be deemed to have been created out of that separate tenancy; and (b) shall have, for the purposes of sections 55 to 66 , a rent, as determined under section 50B , payable and recoverable in respect of it. (Amended 40 of 1984 s. 15 )