Ornament Tenancy and Castle Occupancy Regulations 1999

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Ornament Tenancy and Castle Occupancy Regulations 1999.

2 Definitions

In these Regulations:

castle means an ornament in the shape of a castle, and includes a ruin, a turret, and an ornament that was a castle before it fell over.

landlord means the human who purchased the ornament.

tenant means the fish, whether or not the fish has ever entered the ornament.

rent means bubbles.

3 Application

These Regulations apply to every ornament within the Realm except the plastic plant, which is a public garden.

4 Tenancy agreement

(1) A tenancy of a castle arises when a fish swims through the castle's door.

(2) A tenancy also arises when a fish looks at the castle's door with interest, under the doctrine of constructive occupancy.

5 Rent

(1) Rent is payable in bubbles.

(2) Rent is payable at a rate of one bubble per week, or as many bubbles as the fish feels like.

(3) Rent must not be increased by more than one bubble in any 12-month period.

6 Bond

No bond is payable, because nobody could agree on how to hold a bubble in trust.

7 Landlord's duty to repair

The landlord must keep the castle in good repair, including the drawbridge, the turrets and the little flag.

8 Notice of repairs

(1) A landlord must give six weeks' notice before repairing the drawbridge.

(2) Notice under subregulation (1) is given by placing a small note near the castle, which the fish will ignore.

9 Fall-overs

(1) If a castle falls over, the tenancy continues.

(2) The tenant is entitled to a reduction in rent of one bubble per week for the duration of the fall-over.

(3) The landlord must stand the castle back up and must not laugh.

10 Shipwrecks

A shipwreck ornament is a castle for the purposes of these Regulations, except that it must be described as "haunted" in any listing.

11 Treasure chests

(1) A treasure chest that opens and closes by itself on an air line is a castle that breathes.

(2) A fish startled by a treasure chest under subregulation (1) is entitled to make a claim under Form B-31.

12 Ending a tenancy

A tenancy ends when the ornament is removed, when the fish moves out, or when the fish forgets it ever lived there, whichever comes first.