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Extension of section 75 of the principal Act.
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14. In any contract made after the passing of this Act for letting for habitation a house or part of a house at a rent not exceeding—
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(a) in the case of a house situate in the administrative county of London, forty pounds;
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(b) in the case of a house situate in a borough or urban district with a population according to the last census for the time being of fifty thousand or upwards, twenty-six pounds;
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(c) in the case of a house situate elsewhere, sixteen pounds;
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there shall be implied a condition that the house is at the commencement of the holding in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation, but the condition aforesaid shall not be implied when a house or part of a house is let for a term of not less than three years upon the terms that it be put by the lessee into a condition reasonably fit for occupation, and the lease is not determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of that term.
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