Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw1)

[F1 SCHEDULE 9A E+W STANDARD CONTRACTS: RESTRICTIONS ON GIVING NOTICE UNDER SECTION 173, UNDER SECTION 186, AND UNDER A LANDLORD'S BREAK CLAUSE

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 9A inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 2

PART 1 E+W THE RESTRICTIONS

Prohibited payments and holding deposits under the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 2) E+W

5 (1) A landlord may not give a notice at a time when— E+W

(a) a prohibited payment (within the meaning of the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019) has been made in relation to the contract as described in section 2 or 3 of that Act, and

(b) that prohibited payment has not been repaid.

(2) A landlord may not give a notice at a time when—

(a) a holding deposit (within the meaning of the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019) paid in relation to the contract has not been repaid, and

(b) the failure to repay the deposit amounts to a breach of the requirements of Schedule 2 to that Act.

(3) In determining for the purposes of this paragraph whether a prohibited payment or a holding deposit has been repaid, the payment or deposit is to be treated as having been repaid to the extent (if any) that it has been applied towards either or both of the following⁠—

(a) a payment of rent under the contract;

(b) a payment required as security in respect of the contract.]

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 9A para. 5 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2