C1PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
C1CHAPTER 7TERMINATION OF FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS
End of fixed term: landlord's notice
I1C2C1186C1Landlord's notice in connection with end of term F3of contract within Schedule 9B
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The landlord under a fixed term standard contract F4which is within Schedule 9B may, before or on the last day of the term for which the contract was made, give the contract-holder notice that he or she must give up possession of the dwelling on a date specified in the notice.
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F7The specified date—
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may not be before the last day of the term for which the contract was made, and
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may not be less than two months after the day on which the notice is given to the contract-holder.
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If the landlord gives the contract-holder a notice under subsection (1), the landlord may on that ground make a possession claim.
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Section 215 provides that if the court is satisfied that the ground is made out, it must make an order for possession of the dwelling (subject to any available defence based on the contract-holder's Convention rights).
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The landlord may not make a possession claim on that ground before the end of the fixed term standard contract.
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This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all fixed term standard contracts F2which are within Schedule 9B.
I2C1186AC1F1Restrictions on giving notice under section 186: breaches of statutory obligations
Schedule 9A imposes restrictions on the giving of notice under section 186, related to breaches of certain statutory obligations.
Pt. 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))