Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw1)

PART 3 PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 3 WHEN CONTRACT BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

42 When terms of occupation contract become enforceable

(1) No term of an occupation contract is enforceable against the contract-holder before the earlier of—

(a) the landlord giving the contract-holder a written statement of the contract under section 31(1), and

(b) the occupation date.

(2) If there is a change in the identity of the contract-holder under an occupation contract, no term of the occupation contract is enforceable against the new contract-holder before the earlier of—

(a) the landlord giving the new contract-holder a written statement of the contract under section 31(2), and

(b) the day on which the new contract-holder becomes entitled to occupy the dwelling.