# Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, Section 48: Joint contract-holders: joint liability etc.


(1) If there are two or more joint contract-holders under an occupation contract, each joint contract-holder is fully liable to the landlord for the performance of every obligation owed to the landlord under the contract.
(2) References in this Act to the contract-holder, except where otherwise provided, are to the joint contract-holders.
(3) Subsection (2) applies even if the occupation contract is a tenancy and the leasehold estate is vested in one or more, but not all, of the joint contract-holders.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-48
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