Explanatory Notes

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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18 January 2016

Commentary on Sections

Part 3 - Provisions Applying to All Occupation Contracts

Chapter 8 - Dealing
Section 64 - Possession claim against contract-holder where there is a sub-holder

209.There may be circumstances when the head landlord wishes to end the head contract, for example because the contract-holder has stopped paying rent to the head landlord. This section requires the landlord to give to the sub-holder a notice of the landlord’s intention to make a possession claim against the contract-holder.