Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

Valid from 01/12/2022

PART 2 E+W PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS

TABLE 4

FUNDAMENTAL PROVISION	NATURE OF PROVISION	NOTES
Section 31	Landlord (“L”) must provide contract-holder (“C-H”) with written statement of occupation contract
Sections 39 and 40	L must provide C-H with L's name and address and other information
Section 41	Notices and documents must be in writing
Sections 43 and 45	Payment of deposits etc. and requirement that L uses authorised deposit scheme	Section 45 must be incorporated without modification.
Section 49	C-H may, with L's consent, add joint C-H
Section 52	Rights of joint C-H where another joint C-H dies or otherwise leaves contract	Must be incorporated without modification.
Section 54	L must not interfere with C-H's right to occupy the dwelling
Section 55	Anti-social behaviour and other prohibited conduct	Must be incorporated without modification.
Section 57	C-H may only deal with the occupation contract in limited ways
Section 88	C-H may set off compensation L is liable to pay under section 87 against C-H's rent
Sections 91 to 93 and 95 to 99	L's obligations to keep dwelling in good state of repair etc.
Sections 122 to 128	When and how contract may be varied	Sections [F1 122(1)(b)] and (2) and 127 must be incorporated without modification. Section 123 applies only to contracts under which rent is payable, and section 124 applies only to contracts under which consideration other than rent is payable. F2 ...
Section 130	Withdrawal of joint C-H
Section 145	L's right to temporarily exclude C-H from supported accommodation	Applies only to supported standard contracts (see section 143).
Sections 148 to 150	General provision about termination of contract	Sections 148 and 149 must be incorporated without modification.
Section 151	Further provision about notices requiring contract-holder to give up possession	Applies only to introductory standard contracts and prohibited conduct standard contracts.
Sections 152 to 155	Termination without possession claim	Section 155 (death of C-H) must be incorporated without modification.
Sections 157 to 159	Termination by L on ground of breach of contract	Section 158 (false statement inducing L to make contract) must be incorporated without modification.
Sections 160 and 161 and Part 1 of Schedule 8	Termination by L on an estate management ground
Sections 168 to 172	Termination by notice given by C-H
[F3 Sections 173 to 175 and 177 to 180, and Part 1 of Schedule 9A]	Termination by notice given by L	[F4 If section 173 is not incorporated, sections 174 to 177A and Schedule 9A do not apply; but if a contract incorporates section 173, Part 1 of Schedule 9A must be incorporated without modification. Section 174A applies instead of section 174 to a contract that is within Schedule 8A, and section 175 does not apply to a contract that is within Schedule 9 (even if section 173 is incorporated).]
Sections 181 and 182	Termination by L on serious rent arrears ground	In section 182, subsection (2) is not applicable to introductory standard contracts and prohibited conduct standard contracts, and subsection (3) is applicable only to such contracts.
Section 183	Possession claims where contract has arisen at end of a fixed term standard contract	Only applies to a contract that has arisen at end of a fixed term standard contract (see section 184(2)).
Section 206	Effect of order for possession
Section 231	Termination of contract which has joint C-Hs
Paragraph 7 of Schedule 4	Variation of secure contract addressed in written statement of introductory standard contract	Only applies to introductory standard contracts where the written statement addresses the secure contract that may arise at the end of the introductory period, in accordance with paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 4.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 substituted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 22(2)(a)(i)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 omitted (7.6.2021) by virtue of Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 22(2)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 substituted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 22(2)(b)(i)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 substituted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 22(2)(b)(ii)