§ 1

The Act applies to the rental, including subletting, of houses or rooms, regardless of whether the tenant is an individual or a business entity (legal person).

Stk. 2.The Act applies even if the rent is to be paid with something other than money, including work.

Stk. 3.Except for § 17, the Act does not apply to agreements for the rental of housing with full board, agreements between a hotel and its guests, and rental arrangements for residential apartments and other living spaces, including summer houses, allotment garden houses, and other holiday homes, which are rented for vacation and recreational purposes.

Stk. 4.The Act also applies to the rental of unsupported private care homes, subject to § 1, of the Commercial Lease Act. However, §§ 7 and 9, chapter 3, § 53, stk. 2, §§ 105-107, 109, 113, 119-121, 123, § 127, stk. 3, § 135, and chapter 24 do not apply to unsupported private care homes.

Stk. 5.Unsupported private care homes, as referred to in stk. 4, are former institutional places in nursing homes and sheltered housing that, as of December 31, 2002, were covered by § 140 of the Social Services Act, and which the municipal council has converted into unsupported private care homes.