PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 5TERMINATION OF PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS
Termination by landlord: serious rent arrears
182Restrictions on section 181
(1)
Before making a possession claim on the ground in section 181, the landlord must give the contract-holder a possession notice specifying that ground.
(2)
The landlord under a periodic standard contract that is not an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract may not make the claim—
(a)
before the end of the period of 14 days starting with the day on which the landlord gives the contract-holder the possession notice, or
(b)
after the end of the period of six months starting with that day.
(3)
The landlord under an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract may not make the claim—
(a)
before the end of the period of one month starting with the day on which the landlord gives the contract-holder the possession notice, or
(b)
after the end of the period of six months starting with that day.
(4)
Subsection (1) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts, and—
(a)
subsection (2) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts that are not introductory standard contracts or prohibited conduct standard contracts;
(b)
subsection (3) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term only of introductory standard contracts and prohibited conduct standard contracts.