C1PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

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C1CHAPTER 7TERMINATION OF FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS

Landlord's break clause

I1C1F1198C1Restriction on use of landlord's break clause following retaliatory possession claim

1

Subsection (2) applies where—

a

a landlord (having given a contract-holder a notice under a landlord's break clause) has made a possession claim on the ground in section 199, and

b

the court has refused to make an order for possession because it considered the claim to be a retaliatory claim (see section 217).

2

The landlord may not give another notice under a landlord's break clause to the contract-holder before the end of the period of six months starting with the day on which the court refused to make an order for possession.

3

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all fixed term standard contracts with a landlord's break clause.