Explanatory Notes

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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18 January 2016

Commentary on Sections

Part 9 - Termination Etc. of Occupation Contracts

Chapter 7 – Termination of Fixed Term Standard Contracts
Section 192 – Restrictions on section 191

434.This section sets out restrictions on the exercise of the landlord’s power to obtain possession on the ground in section 190. If the landlord seeks possession on this ground, the landlord must give the contract-holder a possession notice specifying the ground within two months of the date the contract-holder was due to give up possession. The landlord may make a possession claim from the day the possession notice is given to the contract-holder, but not more than six months after that day.