Section 232: Forfeiture and notices to quit

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

Part 9: TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS — CHAPTER 15: FORFEITURE AND NOTICES TO QUIT NOT AVAILABLE

232(1)

A landlord under an occupation contract may not rely on—

(a) any provision in the contract for re-entry or forfeiture, or

(b) any enactment (other than this Act or an enactment made under it) or rule of law as to re-entry or forfeiture.

232(2)

A landlord under an occupation contract may not serve a notice to quit.

232(3)

Accordingly any provision in an occupation contract for re-entry or forfeiture, or relating to a landlord's notice to quit or the circumstances in which such a notice may be served, is of no effect.

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