Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Provisions Applying to All Occupation Contracts Chapter 4 - Deposits and Deposit Schemes Section 46 – Deposit schemes: further provision
156.This section introduces Schedule 5. It also highlights the connection between Chapter 4 and sections 177 and 198. In summary, a term of the contract which incorporates section 177 will prevent a landlord who has entered into a periodic standard contract from issuing a notice for possession (under the term of the contract which incorporates section 173) if the landlord is not complying with the requirements of section 43 or section 45. Section 198 makes the same provision in relation to fixed term standard contracts.