Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

CHAPTER 4 DEALING

Lodgers

113 Lodgers

(1) The contract-holder under a secure contract may allow persons to live in the dwelling as lodgers.

(2) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all secure contracts.

Transfers

114 Transfer to potential successor

(1) The contract-holder under a secure contract may transfer the contract as described in this section, but only if the landlord consents.

(2) The contract-holder may transfer the contract to—

(a) a potential successor, or

(b) if there are two or more potential successors, all of the potential successors who wish to be included in the transfer.

(3) If there is a sole contract-holder a potential successor is a person who, under section 74, would be qualified to succeed the contract-holder if the contract-holder died immediately before the transfer.

(4) If there are joint contract-holders a potential successor is a person who, under section 74, would be qualified to succeed a joint contract-holder if—

(a) the joint contract-holder died immediately before the transfer, and

(b) when the joint contract-holder died he or she was the sole contract-holder.

(5) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all secure contracts.

115 Transfer to a potential successor: landlord’s consent

Where a landlord refuses consent or consents subject to conditions to a transfer described in section 114, what is reasonable for the purposes of section 84 (landlord’s consent) is to be determined having regard to Schedule 6.