Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw1)

PART 5 E+W PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 6 E+W PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY LANDLORDS

118 Transfer to another secure contract-holder E+W

(1) The contract-holder under a secure contract under which the landlord is a community landlord may transfer the contract as described in this section, but only if the landlord consents.

(2) The contract-holder may transfer the contract to a person who—

(a) before the transfer is a contract-holder under a secure contract under which the landlord is a community landlord, and

(b) immediately before the transfer will cease to be the contract-holder under the contract mentioned in paragraph (a).

(3) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all secure contracts under which the landlord is a community landlord.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 118 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

119 Transfer to another secure contract-holder: landlord's consent E+W

Where a landlord refuses consent or consents subject to conditions to a transfer described in section 118, what is reasonable for the purposes of section 84 (landlord's consent) is to be determined having regard to Schedule 6.

Commencement Information

I2 S. 119 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2