Landlord and Tenant (Reversionary Leases) Act, 1958
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Rights of sublessees where lease is terminated by ejectment or re-entry. |
20.— Where a lease is terminated (before the expiration thereof by effluxion of time) by ejectment for non-payment of rent, breach of covenant or otherwise or by the exercise by the lessor of a power of re-entry for breach of a covenant or a condition contained in such lease, the following provisions shall have effect: | |
(a) no sublease of the land or any part of the land comprised in the terminated lease which is a building lease or a proprietary lease shall be terminated by such termination ; | ||
(b) the person who would but for this section become entitled by virtue of the termination of the terminated lease to the possession of the land comprised in such sublease shall become entitled to the reversion on such sublease and, subject to section 21 of this Act, to the benefit of the rent reserved by and the covenants and conditions contained in such sublease ; | ||
(c) such sublease, if not already a building lease, shall be deemed to be a building lease. |