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The tenancy agreement is a contract between a tenant and a landlord. It may be written or oral. The tenancy agreement gives certain rights to both tenant and landlord, for example, tenant's right to occupy the accommodation and the landlord’s right to receive rent for letting the accommodation.

The tenant and landlord may have made arrangements about the tenancy, and these will be part of the tenancy agreement as long as they do not conflict with law. Both tenant and landlord have rights and responsibilities given by law. If a term in the tenancy agreement gives either tenant or landlord less than the statutory rights, that term cannot be enforced.

A tenancy agreement can be made up of:-

• ‘express terms’. These include what is in the written tenancy agreement, if there is one (see below), in the rent book, and/or what was agreed orally.
• ‘implied terms’. These are rights given by law or arrangements established by custom and practice.

External links

• Citizen's Advice Bureau (http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nw/index/family_parent/housing/tenancy_agreements.htm)
• Typical tenancy agreement terms and conditions (http://www.tenancy-agreements.org/)