Section 101: Waste and tenant-like user

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 · 2016 c.1

Part 4: CONDITION OF DWELLING — CHAPTER 3: MISCELLANEOUS(THIS CHAPTER APPLIES TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS)

101(1)

The contract-holder under an occupation contract is not liable for waste in respect of the dwelling.

101(2)

The rule of law under which a tenant has an implied duty to use demised premises in a tenant-like manner does not apply to a contract-holder if the tenancy is an occupation contract.

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