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Valid from 01/12/2022
11(1)The landlord must give the contract-holder under a converted contract a written statement of the contract before the end of the period of six months starting with the appointed day (“the information provision period”).E+W
[F1(1A)Section 31(2) (provision of written statement to new contract-holder) does not apply in relation to a converted contract during the information provision period.]
(2)Any references in this Act to the landlord's obligation under section 31(1) are to be read, in relation to converted contracts, as references to the landlord's obligation under sub-paragraph (1).
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 12 para. 11(1A) inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 27(2)
Valid from 01/12/2022
12E+WSections 36 and 37 (applications to court) apply in relation to a written statement provided because of paragraph 11(1) as if for the words in section 36(3) and 37(2) there were substituted
“If the landlord was required to provide the written statement under paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 12, the contract-holder may not apply to the court under subsection (1) before—
(a)the end of the information provision period (within the meaning of Schedule 12), or
(b)if earlier, the period of 14 days starting with the day on which the landlord gave the contract-holder the written statement.”
Valid from 01/12/2022
13(1)Section 39(1) (information about landlord's address) applies in relation to a converted contract as if for “the period of 14 days starting with the occupation date of the contract” there were substituted “ the information provision period (within the meaning of Schedule 12) ”.E+W
(2)Section 40(2) (compensation) applies in relation to section 39(1), as modified by sub-paragraph (1), as if the relevant date were the first day of the period of 14 days ending with the last day of the information provision period (and accordingly section 40 is to be read as if subsection (5) were omitted).
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