ST KITTS & NEVIS Law and Practice Contributed by: Dahlia Joseph Rowe and Daisy Joseph Andall, Joseph Rowe, Attorneys-at-Law
default of, the tenant or any such person and, where such person is a lodger or subtenant, the court is satisfied that the tenant has not, before the making or giv - ing of the notice to quit, taken such steps as he or she ought reasonably to have taken for the removal of the lodger or subtenant. (d) The premises, being a dwelling house or a public or commercial building, is rea - sonably required by the landlord for: (i) immediate occupation as a resi - dence for himself or herself or for some person wholly dependent on him or her or for any person bona fide residing with him or her, or for any person in his or her whole-time employment; (ii) use by himself or herself for busi- ness, trade or professional purposes; or (iii) a combination of the purposes in subparagraphs i) and ii) above. (e) The premises, being building land, is rea - sonably required by the landlord for: (i) the erection of a building to be used for any of the purposes specified in paragraph d) of this section; (ii) use by himself or herself for busi- ness, trade or professional purposes not involving the erection of a build - ing; or (iii) a combination of such purposes. (f) The premises, being a dwelling house or a public or commercial building, is required for the purpose of being repaired, im - proved or rebuilt, and an undertaking is given that the landlord will, immediately after the completion of the repairs, im - provements or rebuilding, give the tenant an opportunity for renewing his or her tenancy at such rent as the rent commis -
sioners may order. (g) The premises is required for public pur - poses. (h) The dwelling house, or the public or com - mercial building, or the building erected by the tenant on building land, as the case may be, is required by law to be demolished. (i) The tenant has sublet, or parted with the possession of, the whole or any part of the premises without obtaining the consent of the landlord or being expressly authorised by or under the tenancy agree - ment or lease so to do. (j) The tenant of a dwelling house, or of building land on which the building erected by the tenant is used or is intend - ed to be used mainly as a dwelling, uses the house or building mainly for business, trade or professional purposes without obtaining the consent of the landlord or being authorised by or under the tenancy agreement or lease so to do. (k) In the case of building land, the build - ing erected thereon has been sold under distress for rent. (l) The dwelling house has been let to a ten - ant in the employment of the landlord on condition that the tenancy shall subsist only during the continuance of such employment, or only until the expiry of a period not exceeding one month after the termination of such employment, and the employment has terminated, or such period has expired, as the case may be. (m) The dwelling house has been let to a tenant in the employment of the landlord in consequence of that employment, and the employment has determined or the landlord has offered the tenant suitable alternative accommodation.
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