PART 3

PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 8

DEALING

Transfer

Form of transfer
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1
This section applies (subject to subsection (6)) to—
a
a transfer of an occupation contract by the contract-holder;
b
a transfer by a joint contract-holder of his or her rights and obligations under an occupation contract.
2
The transfer must be signed or executed by each of the parties to the transfer.
3
If the contract requires the landlord’s consent to the transfer, the transfer must also be signed or executed by the landlord.
4
But subsection (3) does not apply if the landlord is treated as having consented under section 84(6), (8) or (10).
5
A transfer to which this section applies is of no effect if it does not comply with subsection (2) and, if it applies, subsection (3).
6
This section does not apply to a transfer in accordance with a term included in the contract under section 139 or 142 (certain transfers of fixed term standard contracts).