Section 118: Transfer to another secure contract-holder

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

Part 5: PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS — CHAPTER 6: PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO SECURE CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY LANDLORDS

118(1)

The contract-holder under a secure contract under which the landlord is a community landlord may transfer the contract as described in this section, but only if the landlord consents.

118(2)

The contract-holder may transfer the contract to a person who—

(a) before the transfer is a contract-holder under a secure contract under which the landlord is a community landlord, and

(b) immediately before the transfer will cease to be the contract-holder under the contract mentioned in paragraph (a).

118(3)

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all secure contracts under which the landlord is a community landlord.

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