Section 154: Repudiatory breach by landlord

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)

154(1)

If the landlord under an occupation contract commits a repudiatory breach of contract and the contract-holder gives up possession of the dwelling because of that breach, the contract ends when the contract-holder gives up possession of the dwelling.

154(2)

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

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