Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Provisions Applying to All Occupation Contracts Chapter 3 - When Contract Becomes Enforceable Section 42 – When terms of occupation contract become enforceable
151.This section sets out the time at which an occupation contract becomes enforceable against the contract-holder. A landlord is not able to enforce any term of an occupation-contract before the landlord gives the written statement of the contract or, if earlier, the date on which the contract-holder is entitled to occupy the dwelling.
152.Where there has been a change in the identity of the contract-holder, no term of the occupation contract is enforceable against the new contract-holder before the landlord gives the written statement to the new contract-holder, or the new contract-holder becomes entitled to occupy the dwelling.