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 11 E+W POSSESSION CLAIMS: POWERS OF COURT IN RELATION TO ABSOLUTE GROUNDS(THIS CHAPTER APPLIES ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS)

212 Contract-holder's notice ground E+W

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the landlord under a secure contract makes a possession claim on the ground in section 165 (contract-holder's notice), and

(b) the court is satisfied that the ground is made out.

(2) The court must make an order for possession of the dwelling (subject to any available defence based on the contract-holder's Convention rights).

(3) This section is subject to section 213 (review by the county court).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 212 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2