Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw1)

PART 9 E+W TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 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))

CHAPTER 7 E+W TERMINATION OF FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS

Termination by landlord: serious rent arrears E+W

188 Restrictions on section 187 E+W

(1) Before making a possession claim on the ground in section 187, the landlord must give the contract-holder a possession notice specifying that ground.

(2) The landlord 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) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all fixed term standard contracts.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 188 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2