[F1177ARestriction on giving notice under section 173 following retaliatory possession claimE+W
(1)Subsection (2) applies where—
(a)a landlord (having given a contract-holder a notice under section 173) has made a possession claim on the ground in section 178, and
(b)the court has refused to make an order for possession because it considered the claim to be a retaliatory claim (see section 217).
(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 court refused to make an order for possession.
(3)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.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 177A inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), ss. 9(2), 19(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 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))
Commencement Information
I1S. 177A in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2