[F1SCHEDULE 9AE+WSTANDARD CONTRACTS: RESTRICTIONS ON GIVING NOTICE UNDER SECTION 173, UNDER SECTION 186, AND UNDER A LANDLORD'S BREAK CLAUSE

PART 1E+WTHE RESTRICTIONS

[F2Failure to supply electrical condition report etc.E+W

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 9A paras. 5A-5C and cross-heading inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/143), regs. 1, 4 (as amended by S.I. 2022/906, arts. 1(2), 8)

5B.(1)This paragraph is incorporated as a term of all standard contracts—E+W

(a)which are mentioned in paragraph 7(1), and

(b)in relation to which regulation 6 of the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/6 (W. 4)) (“the Fitness for Human Habitation Regulations”) applies.

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

(a)the dwelling is treated as unfit for human habitation by virtue of regulation 6(6) of the Fitness for Human Habitation Regulations (failure to obtain an electrical condition report, or to give the contract holder such a report or written confirmation of certain other electrical work), and

(b)as a result, the landlord is required under Part 4 of this Act to take steps to stop the dwelling from being treated as unfit for human habitation by virtue of that regulation.]]

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 9A para. 5B in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2