PART 9

TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 2

TERMINATION ETC. WITHOUT A POSSESSION CLAIM

(THIS CHAPTER APPLIES TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS)

Termination by agreement
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1
If the landlord and the contract-holder under an occupation contract agree to end the contract, the contract ends—
a
when the contract-holder gives up possession of the dwelling in accordance with the agreement, or
b
if he or she does not give up possession and a substitute occupation contract is made, immediately before the occupation date of the substitute occupation contract.
2
An occupation contract is a substitute occupation contract if—
a
it is made in respect of the same (or substantially the same) dwelling as the original contract, and
b
a contract-holder under it was also a contract-holder under the original contract.
3
This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts.
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))
S. 153 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2