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 4 E+W TERMINATION OF SECURE CONTRACTS (CONTRACT-HOLDER'S NOTICE)

165 Recovery of possession E+W

(1) If the contract-holder fails to give up possession of the dwelling on the date specified in a notice under section 163, the landlord may on that ground make a possession claim.

(2) Section 212 provides that if the court is satisfied that the ground is made out, it 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 a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all secure contracts.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 165 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2