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 5 E+W TERMINATION OF PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS

Termination by landlord: landlord's notice E+W

178 Recovery of possession E+W

(1) If the landlord gives the contract-holder a notice under section 173, the landlord may on that ground make a possession claim.

(2) Section 215 provides that if the court is satisfied that the ground is made out, it must make an order for possession of the dwelling, unless section 217 (retaliatory evictions: standard contracts) applies (and 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 periodic standard contracts.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 178 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2