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(a) in the case of a house situate in the administrative
county of London, forty pounds ;
(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;
(c) in the case of a house situate elsewhere, sixteen
pounds;
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.
Condition as to keeping houses let to persons of the working
classes in repair.
15.—(1) The last foregoing section shall, as respects contracts
to which that section applies, take effect as if the condition implied
by that section included an undertaking that the house shall, during
the holding, be kept by the landlord in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation.
(2) The landlord or the local authority, or any person authorised
by him or them in writing, may at reasonable times of the
day, on giving twenty-four hours' notice in writing to the tenant
or occupier, enter any house, premises, or building to which this
section applies for the purpose of viewing the state and condition
thereof.
(3) If it appears to the local authority within the meaning
of Part II. of the principal Act that the undertaking implied by
virtue of this section is not complied with in the case of any
house to which it applies, the authority shall, if a closing order
is not made with respect to the house, by written notice require
the landlord, within a reasonable time, not being less than twentyone
days, specified in the notice, to execute such works as the
authority shall specify in the notice as being necessary to make
the house in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation.