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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 9 excluded (1.12.2022) by 2004 c. 34, s. 33(c) (as inserted by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 28(2)(c))
(1)If the landlord under an occupation contract is induced to make the contract by means of a relevant false statement—
(a)the contract-holder is to be treated as being in breach of the occupation contract, and
(b)the landlord may accordingly make a possession claim on the ground in section 157 (breach of contract).
(2)A false statement is relevant if it is made knowingly or recklessly by—
(a)the contract-holder, or
(b)another person acting at the contract-holder's instigation.
(3)This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts; section 20 provides that this section—
(a)must be incorporated, and
(b)must not be incorporated with modifications.
Commencement Information
I1S. 158 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2