Conditions implied in the letting of houses

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, in any contract for letting any house for human habitation there shall, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, be implied a condition that the house is at the commencement of the tenancy, and an undertaking that the house will be kept by the landlord during the tenancy, in repair and in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation. 10 (2) The condition and undertaking shall not be implied where 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 human habitation, and the lease is not determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years. (3) The landlord, or any person authorised by him in writing, may at reasonable times of the day, on giving twenty- four hours’ notice in writing to the tenant or occupier, enter any premises to which this section applies for the purpose of viewing the state and condition thereof. (4) Where the property or the person or the health of an inmate of any house to which this section applies is, by reason of a breach by the landlord of the condition or the undertaking mentioned in this section, injuriously affected, such inmate shall be entitled to recover damages from the landlord of the house in respect of such injurious affection, notwithstanding that the inmate is not a party to the tenancy. (5) This section applies to a contract made either before or after the commencement of this Act.