# Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, Section 49: Adding a joint contract-holder


(1) The contract-holder under an occupation contract and another person may, with the consent of the landlord, make that person a joint contract-holder under the contract.
(2) If a person is made a joint contract-holder under this section he or she becomes entitled to all the rights and subject to all the obligations of a contract-holder under the contract from the day on which he or she becomes a joint contract-holder.
(3) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-49
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