Section 42: When terms of occupation contract become enforceable

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

Part 3: PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS — CHAPTER 3: WHEN CONTRACT BECOMES ENFORCEABLE

42(1)

No term of an occupation contract is enforceable against the contract-holder before the earlier of—

(a) the landlord giving the contract-holder a written statement of the contract under section 31(1), and

(b) the occupation date.

42(2)

If there is a change in the identity of the contract-holder under an occupation contract, no term of the occupation contract is enforceable against the new contract-holder before the earlier of—

(a) the landlord giving the new contract-holder a written statement of the contract under section 31(2), and

(b) the day on which the new contract-holder becomes entitled to occupy the dwelling.

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