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PART 3 PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 5 JOINT CONTRACT-HOLDERS AND JOINT LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 7 ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND OTHER PROHIBITED CONDUCT
PART 6 PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS
PART 7 PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS
PART 9 TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 3 TERMINATION OF ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS (POSSESSION CLAIMS BY LANDLORDS)
CHAPTER 4 TERMINATION OF SECURE CONTRACTS (CONTRACT-HOLDER'S NOTICE)
CHAPTER 5 TERMINATION OF PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS
Termination by landlord: landlord's notice
174A.Minimum notice period: periodic standard contracts within Schedule 8A
175.Restriction on section 173: notice may not be given until after the first six months of occupation
176.Restrictions on giving notice under section 173: breaches of statutory obligations
177.Restrictions on giving further notices under section 173
177A.Restriction on giving notice under section 173 following retaliatory possession claim
Termination of periodic standard contracts which were fixed term standard contracts
CHAPTER 6 FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS: END OF THE FIXED TERM
CHAPTER 7 TERMINATION OF FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS
195A.Minimum notice period: fixed term standard contracts within Schedule 8A
196.Restriction on use of landlord's break clause until after the first 18 months of occupation
197.Restrictions on use of landlord's break clause: breaches of statutory obligations
198.Restriction on use of landlord's break clause following retaliatory possession claim
CHAPTER 8 REVIEW BY LANDLORD OF DECISION TO GIVE NOTICE REQUIRING POSSESSION
CHAPTER 10 POSSESSION CLAIMS: POWERS OF COURT IN RELATION TO DISCRETIONARY GROUNDS
CHAPTER 11 POSSESSION CLAIMS: POWERS OF COURT IN RELATION TO ABSOLUTE GROUNDS
CHAPTER 12 POSSESSION CLAIMS: POWERS OF COURT IN RELATION TO ABSOLUTE GROUNDS
CHAPTER 14 JOINT CONTRACT-HOLDERS: EXCLUSION AND TERMINATION
OVERVIEW OF FUNDAMENTAL PROVISIONS INCORPORATED AS TERMS OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
PART 1 TENANCIES AND LICENCES NOT WITHIN SECTION 7 THAT ARE OCCUPATION CONTRACTS IF NOTICE IS GIVEN
PART 3 TENANCIES AND LICENCES THAT ARE NEVER OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
PART 4 TENANCIES AND LICENCES TO WHICH SPECIAL RULES APPLY: HOMELESSNESS
PART 5 TENANCIES AND LICENCES TO WHICH SPECIAL RULES APPLY: SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION
OCCUPATION CONTRACTS MADE WITH OR ADOPTED BY COMMUNITY LANDLORDS WHICH MAY BE STANDARD CONTRACTS
INTRODUCTORY STANDARD CONTRACTS
Meaning of introduction date where there are previous introductory standard contracts
Written statement may address secure contract arising at end of introductory standard contract
Terms of secure contract which was an introductory standard contract
Landlord's duty to give address at start of contract does not apply in relation to secure contract
FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS WHICH CAN BE TERMINATED BY GIVING NOTICE UNDER SECTION 186
ORDERS FOR POSSESSION ON DISCRETIONARY GROUNDS ETC.: REASONABLENESS
CONVERSION OF TENANCIES AND LICENCES EXISTING BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF CHAPTER 3 OF PART 10
Determination of whether existing tenancy or licence is occupation contract
Determination of whether converted contract is secure contract or standard contract
3.(1) Sections 11 to 17 (community landlords and private landlords)...
4.(1) The landlord under a converted contract to which section...
5.A converted contract which immediately before the appointed day was—...
6.A converted contract has effect as a prohibited conduct standard...
6A.A converted contract relating to supported accommodation has effect as...
7.(1) A converted contract to which sub-paragraph (2) applies is...
8.(1) This paragraph applies where a community landlord becomes the...
9.(1) The following are additional exceptions to sections 11(1) and...
10.A converted secure contract which immediately before the appointed day...
Written statement of converted contract and provision of information
11.(1) The landlord must give the contract-holder under a converted...
11A.(1) In their application to a substitute contract that has...
12.Sections 36 and 37 (applications to court) apply in relation...
12A.... Schedule 9A (restrictions on giving notice under section 173,...
13.(1) Section 39(1) (information about landlord's address) applies in relation...
Requirement to occupy dwelling as main home under certain converted contracts
Supported standard contract that was an assured shorthold tenancy
Termination of contract by landlord
25.Sections 173 to 180 (termination by landlord's notice) are not...
25A.(1) This paragraph applies to a periodic standard contract which...
25B.(1) This paragraph applies to a fixed term standard contract...
25D.(1) This paragraph applies to a fixed term standard contract...
26.(1) Section 194 (landlord's break clause) does not apply to...
27.Estate management Ground C (special accommodation: charities) applies to a...
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