Section 64: Possession claim against contract-holder where there is a sub-holder

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

Part 3: PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS — CHAPTER 8: DEALING

64(1)

This section applies if—

(a) the contract-holder ("C") under an occupation contract ("the head contract") enters into a sub-occupation contract in accordance with the head contract, and

(b) after the sub-occupation contract is entered into, C's landlord gives C a possession notice, or other notice informing C that he or she must give up possession.

64(2)

At the same time as giving a notice mentioned in subsection (1)(b) to C, C's landlord must give the sub-holder a notice—

(a) stating that C's landlord intends to make a possession claim against C, and

(b) specifying the ground on which the claim will be made.

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