PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 7TERMINATION OF FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS

Contract-holder’s break clause

192Restrictions on section 191

1

Before making a possession claim on the ground in section 191 the landlord must give the contract-holder a possession notice specifying that ground.

2

The landlord may make the possession claim on or after the day on which the landlord gives the contract-holder the possession notice.

3

But the landlord may not make the possession claim after the end of the period of six months starting with that day.

4

The landlord may not give the contract-holder a possession notice specifying the ground in section 191 after the end of the period of two months starting with the date specified in the notice under the contract-holder’s break clause as the date on which the contract-holder would give up possession of the dwelling.

5

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all fixed term standard contracts with a contract-holder’s break clause.