C1PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
C1CHAPTER 5TERMINATION OF PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS
Termination by landlord: landlord's notice
I1C1F1177C1Restrictions on giving further notices under section 173
1
Subsections (2) and (3) apply where—
a
a landlord has given a contract-holder a notice under section 173 (“the first notice”), and
b
the landlord has subsequently withdrawn the notice (see section 180(3)).
2
The landlord may not give another notice under section 173 to the contract-holder before the end of the period of six months starting with the day on which the first notice was withdrawn, other than in accordance with subsection (3).
3
The landlord may give one more notice under section 173 to the contract-holder during the period of 28 days starting with the day on which the first notice was given.
4
Subsection (5) applies where—
a
a landlord has given a contract-holder a notice under section 173, and
b
the period for making a possession claim on the ground in section 178 has ended without the landlord having made a claim.
5
The landlord may not give another notice under section 173 to the contract-holder before the end of the period of six months starting with the last day of the period before the end of which the landlord could have made the claim (see section 179(1)(b)).
6
This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts which incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract.
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))