PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 1OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Permissible termination, possession claims and notices requiring possession

150Possession notices

(1)

This section applies in relation to a possession notice which a landlord is required to give to a contract-holder F1under any of the following sections before making a possession claimF2—

(a)

section 159 (in relation to a breach of contract by a contract-holder);

(b)

section 161 (in relation to estate management grounds);

(c)

section 166, 171 or 192 (in relation to a contract-holder's notice);

(d)

section 182 or 188 (in relation to serious rent arrears under a standard contract).

(2)

The notice must (in addition to specifying the ground on which the claim will be made)⁠—

(a)

state the landlord's intention to make a possession claim,

(b)

give particulars of the ground, and

(c)

state the date after which the landlord is able to make a possession claim.

(3)

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts.