SCHEDULE 12E+WCONVERSION OF TENANCIES AND LICENCES EXISTING BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF CHAPTER 3 OF PART 10

Substitute occupation contractsE+W

32(1)If after a converted contract ends there are one or more substitute contracts, for the purposes of this Schedule (except paragraph 28 [F1or where express provision is made to the contrary]), the substitute contract is (or the substitute contracts are) to be treated as if they were the same tenancy or licence as the converted contract.E+W

(2)The following are substitute contracts.

(3)An occupation contract between—

(a)a contract-holder [F2who, immediately before the day on which the contract-holder became entitled to occupy the dwelling under that contract,] was a contract-holder under a converted contract or a substitute contract, and

(b)a landlord that immediately before that [F3day] was a landlord under the converted contract or substitute contract,

which relates to the same (or substantially the same) dwelling as the converted contract or substitute contract.

F4(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)If a converted contract or a substitute contract ends under section 12(3)(a) (standard contract adopted by community landlord), the occupation contract which arises under section 12(3)(b).

(6)If a converted contract or a substitute contract is ended under section 220 (abandonment), and under section 222(3)(b) the court orders the landlord to provide suitable alternative accommodation, an occupation contract made in accordance with the order.

(7)If under section 210 (estate management grounds) the court makes an order for possession of a dwelling subject to a converted contract or a substitute contract, an occupation contract made to provide the contract-holder with suitable alternative accommodation.

[F5(8)This Schedule applies to a substitute contract which—

(a)arises under section 184(2) as if paragraph 25A(2)(a) were omitted;

(b)is within section 184(6) as if paragraphs 25A(2)(a), 25B, 25C and 25D were omitted.]