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)J may, before the end of the period of eight weeks starting with the day on which he or she is given notice under section 225(6), apply to the court on a ground in subsection (2) for a declaration under subsection (3).
(2)The grounds are—
(a)that the landlord failed to give notice under section 225(3) or failed to make the inquiries required by section 225(5);
(b)that J occupied, or intended to occupy, the dwelling and there is a good reason for his or her failure to respond (or to respond adequately) to the notice under section 225(3);
(c)that when the landlord gave the notice to J under section 225(6) the landlord did not have reasonable grounds for being satisfied that J did not occupy, and did not intend to occupy, the dwelling.
(3)If the court finds that one or more of the grounds are made out it may—
(a)make a declaration that the notice under section 225(6) is of no effect and that J continues to be a party to the contract, and
(b)make such further order as it thinks fit.
Commencement Information
I1S. 226 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2