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Section 183 Relevance of events under fixed term standard contractC1I1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The landlord under a periodic standard contract which arises under section 184(2) (periodic standard contract arising at end of fixed term) may make a possession claim in reliance on—

(a)

a possession notice, F1...

(b)

a notice under section 186,F2or

(c)

a notice under a landlord's break clause,

which the landlord gave to the contract-holder before the end of the fixed term contract.

F3(2)

Sections 179 and 180—

(a)

apply to a notice under section 186(1) as they apply to a notice under section 173, and

(b)

apply to a possession claim made on the ground in section 186(5) in reliance on such a notice as they apply to a possession claim made on the ground in section 178 in reliance on a notice under section 173.

(3)

In any possession notice the landlord gives to the contract-holder, the landlord may rely on events which occurred before the end of the fixed term standard contract.

(4)

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of periodic standard contracts which arise under section 184(2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in s. 183(1) omitted (7.6.2021) by virtue of Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 17(a)(i)

F2

S. 183(1)(c) and word inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 17(a)(ii)

F3

S. 183(2) substituted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 17(b)

Modifications

C1

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))

Commencement

I1

S. 183 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2