
2022 No. 1258 (W. 256)
Housing, Wales
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2022
Made at 10.30 a.m. on 30 November 2022
Coming into force at 11.00 p.m. on 30 November 2022.

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 255 of and paragraph 33 of Schedule 12 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.

In accordance with section 256(3) and (4)(n) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.
Title and coming into force
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force at 11.00 p.m. on 30 November 2022.
Amendments to Schedule 12
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Schedule 12 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 is amended as follows.
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In paragraph 13B, after “periodic standard contract” insert “under which the landlord is a private landlord and”.
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In paragraph 15, after sub-paragraph (1) insert—“
(1A) Sections 104 and 123 (variation of rent) apply to a converted contract under which the landlord is a community landlord as if, for subsection (3)(a) in each of these sections, there were substituted—“
(a) the first notice given after the appointed day must specify a date which is not less than 51 weeks after the last date on which a new rent took effect, and”.”
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In paragraph 25A(2), for paragraph (a) substitute—“
(a) the reference in section 174(1) (landlord’s notice: minimum notice period) to “six months” were, in relation to a notice given under section 173 during the period of six months starting with the appointed day, a reference to “two months”, and”.
Amendment to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022
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In regulation 10 (rent determination) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022, for paragraph (6), substitute—“
(6) Paragraphs 15(1) and 15(1A) of Schedule 12 to the 2016 Act apply in relation to any variations of rent which take place after the appointed day by virtue of the savings made by this regulation, as they apply in relation to any variations in the rent payable under the contract before the appointed day.”
Julie James
Minister for Climate Change, one of the Welsh Ministers
