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5B: Exempt student accommodation
or “Special rules for places where only students live, with extra services and house rules”
You could also call this:

“This law about long-term renting agreements doesn't apply anymore because it was cancelled.”

This part of the law used to talk about long fixed-term tenancies. However, it was removed from the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 on 1 December 1996. This means that this section no longer applies and there are no rules about long fixed-term tenancies in this part of the law anymore.

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Next up: 7: Tenancies for short fixed terms

or “This law explains the rules for short-term rental agreements that last up to 90 days.”
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Part 1 Application of Act

6Long fixed-term tenancies (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 6: repealed, on , by section 4(1) of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7).