Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Provisions Applying to All Occupation Contracts Chapter 7 - Anti-Social Behaviour and Other Prohibited Conduct
180.The Act includes a fundamental provision relating to ‘prohibited conduct’. To ensure universal application, this provision in section 55 must be incorporated without modification as a fundamental term of all occupation contracts. Breach of a term of the contract is a ground for the landlord to seek possession and, if section 159 is incorporated as a term of the contract without modification, the landlord may make a possession claim to the court immediately after giving a possession notice to the contract-holder in reliance on a breach of a term of the contract which incorporates section 55. The court may not make an order for possession unless it considers it reasonable to do so.