Section 153: Termination by agreement

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

Part 9: TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS — CHAPTER 2: TERMINATION ETC. WITHOUT A POSSESSION CLAIM(THIS CHAPTER APPLIES TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS)

153(1)

If the landlord and the contract-holder under an occupation contract agree to end the contract, the contract ends—

(a) when the contract-holder gives up possession of the dwelling in accordance with the agreement, or

(b) if he or she does not give up possession and a substitute occupation contract is made, immediately before the occupation date of the substitute occupation contract.

153(2)

An occupation contract is a substitute occupation contract if—

(a) it is made in respect of the same (or substantially the same) dwelling as the original contract, and

(b) a contract-holder under it was also a contract-holder under the original contract.

153(3)

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts.

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