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PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 2TERMINATION ETC. WITHOUT A POSSESSION CLAIM(THIS CHAPTER APPLIES TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS)

153Termination by agreement

(1)If the landlord and the contract-holder under an occupation contract agree to end the contract, the contract ends—

(a)when the contract-holder gives up possession of the dwelling in accordance with the agreement, or

(b)if he or she does not give up possession and a substitute occupation contract is made, immediately before the occupation date of the substitute occupation contract.

(2)An occupation contract is a substitute occupation contract if—

(a)it is made in respect of the same (or substantially the same) dwelling as the original contract, and

(b)a contract-holder under it was also a contract-holder under the original contract.

(3)This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts.