
2022 No. 1076 (W. 227)
Housing, Wales
The Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Made 24 October 2022
Laid before Senedd Cymru 25 October 2022
Coming into force 30 November 2022
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 94(3) and 256(1) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.
Title and commencement
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 30 November 2022.
Amendment to the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022
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(1) The Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 6 (electrical safety)—
(a) in paragraph (3), in the words before paragraph (a), for “7 days”, substitute “14 days”;
(b) in paragraph (4), for “7 days”, substitute “14 days”;
(c) in paragraph (5), for “7 days”, substitute “14 days”;
(d) in paragraph (8), in the definition of “electrical safety standards”, for “BS 7671:2018+A1:2020”, substitute “BS 7671:2018+A2:2022”.
(3) In regulation 7 (application to converted contracts), in paragraph (5), in the substituted paragraph (4), for “7 days”, substitute “14 days”.
Julie James
Minister for Climate Change, one of the Welsh Ministers
