Section 209 Breach of contract groundC1I1

This section applies if the landlord under an occupation contract makes a possession claim on the ground in section 157 (breach of contract).

The court may not make an order for possession on that ground unless it considers it reasonable to do so.

The court is not prevented from making an order for possession on that ground merely because the contract-holder ceased to be in breach of the contract before the landlord made the possession claim.

Schedule 10 makes provision as regards the reasonableness of making an order for possession.