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.