SCHEDULE 1Permitted Payments
F1Service charges payable to community landlords etc.
10A
1
A payment of a service charge is a permitted payment if—
a
it is required under a standard occupation contract, and
b
the landlord is a community landlord.
2
But sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—
a
a standard occupation contract within paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 to the 2016 Act (accommodation which is not social accommodation), or
b
a standard occupation contract mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).
3
A payment of a service charge is a permitted payment if it is required under a standard occupation contract within section 143 of the 2016 Act (contracts relating to supported accommodation).
4
For the purposes of this paragraph—
“2016 Act” (“Deddf 2016”) means the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1);
“community landlord” (“landlord cymunedol”) has the meaning given by section 9 of the 2016 Act;
“service charge” (“tâl gwasanaeth”) does not include a charge for a service where the payment for the charge would be permitted by virtue of another paragraph of this Schedule, and in relation to sub-paragraph (3) only, includes charges for the provision of support services;
“support services” (“gwasnaethau cymorth”) has the meaning given by section 143 of the 2016 Act (see, in particular, subsection (4) of that section).
Sch. 1 para. 10A inserted (with effect in accordance with s.15(4) of the amending Act) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), ss. 15(1), 19(1) (with s. 15(5)-(7))