[F111A(1)In their application to a substitute contract that has come into existence before 1 June 2023—E+W

(a)section 31(1) is to be read as if for “the occupation date” there were substituted “1 June 2023”;

(b)section 31(2) is to be read as if for “the day on which the identity of the contract-holder changes” there were substituted “1 June 2023”;

(c)the following provisions are to be read as if for “the occupation date” there were substituted “1 June 2023”—

(i)section 36(3)(a);

(ii)section 37(3)(a);

(d)section 39(1) is to be read as if for “the occupation date of the contract” there were substituted “1 June 2023”.

(2)In their application to a substitute contract that has come into existence on or after 1 June 2023—

(a)the following provisions are to be read as if the references to the occupation date were references to the day on which the contract-holder is entitled to begin occupying the dwelling under the substitute contract—

(i)section 31(1);

(ii)section 36(3)(a);

(iii)section 37(3)(a);

(b)section 39(1) is to be read as if the reference to the occupation date of the contract were a reference to the date on which the contract-holder is entitled to begin occupying the dwelling under the substitute contract.]