C1PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
C1CHAPTER 3TERMINATION OF ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS (POSSESSION CLAIMS BY LANDLORDS)
Estate management grounds
I1C1160C1Estate management grounds
1
The landlord under an occupation contract may make a possession claim on one or more of the estate management grounds.
2
The estate management grounds are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 8 (paragraph 10 of that Schedule provides that Part 1 of that Schedule is a fundamental provision applicable to all occupation contracts).
3
Section 210 provides that the court may not make an order for possession on an estate management ground unless—
a
it considers it reasonable to do so (and reasonableness is to be determined in accordance with Schedule 10), and
b
it is satisfied that suitable alternative accommodation (what is suitable is to be determined in accordance with Schedule 11) is available to the contract-holder (or will be available to the contract-holder when the order takes effect).
4
If the court makes an order for possession on an estate management ground (and on no other ground), the landlord must pay to the contract-holder a sum equal to the reasonable expenses likely to be incurred by the contract-holder in moving from the dwelling.
5
Subsection (4) does not apply if the court makes an order for possession on Ground A or B (the redevelopment grounds) of the estate management grounds (and on no other ground).
6
This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts.
Pt. 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))