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Renting Homes: The Final Report - Law Commission

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Use of occupation contracts 48<br />

Community landlords 49<br />

Application in Wales 49<br />

Ability of community landlords to make standard contracts 50<br />

Conversion of standard contracts to secure contracts 51<br />

Private landlords 52<br />

<strong>The</strong> written statement of the contract 52<br />

Content of occupation contracts 52<br />

Key matters 53<br />

Fundamental terms 54<br />

Supplementary terms 55<br />

Additional terms 55<br />

Model contracts 55<br />

Contents of model contracts 56<br />

Landlords’ own contracts 57<br />

Enforcement 57<br />

Procedural sanction 58<br />

Modifying and varying the contract 58<br />

Modification 58<br />

Variation 59<br />

Secure contracts 59<br />

Standard contracts 60<br />

Variation by Act of Parliament 61<br />

Enforcement 61<br />

Conversion of existing tenancies and licences to occupation contracts 61<br />

PART 4: TERMINATION OF OCCUPATION CONTRACTS 63<br />

Introduction 63<br />

General rules 63<br />

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