PART 1REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING
Powers of the Welsh Ministers
I1I240Code of practice
1
The Welsh Ministers must issue a code of practice setting standards relating to letting and managing rental properties.
2
Standards under subsection (1) may (among other things) be set in relation to training.
3
The Welsh Ministers may—
a
issue a code of practice which, in part or in whole, applies only to specified persons or cases, or applies differently to different persons or cases;
b
amend or withdraw a code issued.
4
Before issuing or amending a code of practice the Welsh Ministers must take reasonable steps to consult—
a
persons involved in letting and managing rental properties and persons occupying rental properties under a tenancy, or
b
persons whom the Welsh Ministers consider to represent the interests of the persons mentioned in paragraph (a),
on a draft of the code or a draft of an amended code (“the proposed code”).
5
If the Welsh Ministers wish to proceed with the proposed code (with or without modifications) they must lay a copy before the National Assembly for Wales.
6
The Welsh Ministers must not issue the proposed code in the form of that draft unless it is approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
7
Once approved the code or amended code comes into force on the date appointed by order of the Welsh Ministers.
8
The Welsh Ministers may withdraw a code made under this section in an amended code or by direction.
9
A code approved by the National Assembly for Wales may not be withdrawn unless a proposal to that effect is approved by resolution of the National Assembly.
10
The Welsh Ministers must publish each code or amended code issued under this section.