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Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016
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Circumstances of contract-holder and other occupiersE+W
4(1)The probable effect of the transaction on—E+W
(a)the parties to the transaction, and
(b)any other person who occupies, or as a result of the transaction will occupy, the dwelling affected by the transaction as a home.
(2)The financial interests of the contract-holder; but this sub-paragraph does not apply (subject to the contract-holder's Convention rights) if the occupation contract is a secure contract and the landlord is a community landlord.
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I1Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2
5(1)The conduct of the contract-holder (including, in particular, whether he or she is or has been in breach of the occupation contract).E+W
(2)Whether, if the landlord asked the contract-holder for information to enable the landlord to deal with the request for consent, the contract-holder provided that information.
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I2Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2
6E+WIf the contract-holder is in breach of the occupation contract when he or she requests the landlord's consent to the transaction, it is reasonable for the landlord to impose a condition that—
(a)the landlord's consent is to take effect only after the contract-holder ceases to be in breach, or
(b)despite anything in this Act or the occupation contract the person, or all the persons, who will be contract-holders after the transaction are to be liable in respect of the breach.
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I3Sch. 6 para. 6 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2
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