PART 5PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 6PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY LANDLORDS

I1118Transfer to another secure contract-holder

1

The contract-holder under a secure contract under which the landlord is a community landlord may transfer the contract as described in this section, but only if the landlord consents.

2

The contract-holder may transfer the contract to a person who—

a

before the transfer is a contract-holder under a secure contract under which the landlord is a community landlord, and

b

immediately before the transfer will cease to be the contract-holder under the contract mentioned in paragraph (a).

3

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all secure contracts under which the landlord is a community landlord.

I2119Transfer to another secure contract-holder: landlord's consent

Where a landlord refuses consent or consents subject to conditions to a transfer described in section 118, what is reasonable for the purposes of section 84 (landlord's consent) is to be determined having regard to Schedule 6.