PART 9TERMINATION ETC. OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 5TERMINATION OF PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS

Termination by landlord: landlord’s notice

178Recovery of possession

1

If the landlord gives the contract-holder a notice under section 173, the landlord may on that ground make a possession claim.

2

Section 215 provides that if the court is satisfied that the ground is made out, it must make an order for possession of the dwelling, unless section 217 (retaliatory evictions: standard contracts) applies (and subject to any available defence based on the contract-holder’s Convention rights).

3

This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts.