C1PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
C1CHAPTER 5TERMINATION OF PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS
Termination by landlord: serious rent arrears
I1C1182C1Restrictions on section 181
1
Before making a possession claim on the ground in section 181, the landlord must give the contract-holder a possession notice specifying that ground.
2
The landlord under a periodic standard contract that is not an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract may not make the claim—
a
before the end of the period of 14 days starting with the day on which the landlord gives the contract-holder the possession notice, or
b
after the end of the period of six months starting with that day.
3
The landlord under an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract may not make the claim—
a
before the end of the period of one month starting with the day on which the landlord gives the contract-holder the possession notice, or
b
after the end of the period of six months starting with that day.
4
Subsection (1) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts, and—
a
subsection (2) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts that are not introductory standard contracts or prohibited conduct standard contracts;
b
subsection (3) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term only of introductory standard contracts and prohibited conduct standard contracts.
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))