PART 1REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING
Prohibition of letting and management without registration and licence
I1I210Meaning of lettings work
1
In this Part “lettings work” means things done by any person in response to instructions received from—
a
a person seeking to find another person wishing to rent a dwelling under a domestic tenancy and, having found such a person, to grant such a tenancy (“a prospective landlord”);
b
a person seeking to find a dwelling to rent under a domestic tenancy and, having found such a dwelling, to obtain such a tenancy of it (“a prospective tenant”);
subject to the following subsections.
2
“Lettings work” does not include anything in the following paragraphs (a) or (b)—
a
publishing advertisements or disseminating information;
b
providing a means by which—
i
a prospective landlord (or the prospective landlord's agent) or a prospective tenant can, in response to an advertisement or dissemination of information, make direct contact with a prospective tenant or (as the case may be) prospective landlord (or the prospective landlord's agent);
ii
a prospective landlord (or the prospective landlord's agent) and a prospective tenant can continue to communicate directly with each other;
when done by a person who—
c
does no other thing within subsection (1), and
d
does no property management work in respect of the property.
3
“Lettings work” does not include doing any one of the things in the following paragraphs (a) to (c)—
a
arranging and conducting viewings with prospective tenants;
b
preparing, or arranging the preparation of, the tenancy agreement;
c
preparing, or arranging the preparation of, any inventory or schedule of condition;
when done by a person who—
d
does no other thing in those paragraphs or anything else within subsection (1), and
e
does nothing within section 12(1) in respect of the property.
4
“Lettings work” also does not include—
a
doing things under a contract of service or apprenticeship with a landlord;
b
doing things under a contract of service or apprenticeship, or a contract for services, with a person who is—
i
instructed to carry out the work by a landlord, and
ii
licensed to do so under this Part;
c
anything done by a local housing authority (whether or not in exercise of its functions as a local housing authority);
d
things of a description, or things done by a person of a description, specified for the purposes of this section in an order made by the Welsh Ministers.