This paragraph applies where a community landlord becomes the landlord under a fixed term standard contract before the end of the period of one month starting with the appointed day.

Section 12 (contracts adopted by community landlord) applies as if in subsection (8)(b), for “before the community landlord becomes the landlord” there were substituted “ before the end of the period of one month starting with the appointed day (within the meaning of section 242) ”.

The landlord must give the contract-holder the notice required by section 15(1) on or before the appointed day.