Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

End of fixed term: landlord's noticeE+W

186Landlord's notice in connection with end of term [F1of contract within Schedule 9B] E+W

(1)The landlord under a fixed term standard contract [F2which 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.

F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)[F4The] specified date—

(a)may not be before the last day of the term for which the contract was made, and

(b)may not be less than two months after the day on which the notice is given to the contract-holder.

F5(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)If the landlord gives the contract-holder a notice under subsection (1), the landlord may on that ground make a possession claim.

(6)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).

(7)The landlord may not make a possession claim on that ground before the end of the fixed term standard contract.

(8)This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all fixed term standard contracts [F6which are within Schedule 9B.]

[F7186ARestrictions on giving notice under section 186: breaches of statutory obligationsE+W

Schedule 9A imposes restrictions on the giving of notice under section 186, related to breaches of certain statutory obligations.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2S. 186A in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2