Section 149: Possession claims

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

Part 9: TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS — CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

149(1)

The landlord under an occupation contract may make a claim to the court for recovery of possession of the dwelling from the contract-holder ("a possession claim") only in the circumstances set out in Chapters 3 to 5 and 7.

149(2)

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts; section 20 provides that this section—

(a) must be incorporated, and

(b) must not be incorporated with modifications.

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