C1SCHEDULE 5DEPOSIT SCHEMES: FURTHER PROVISION
Deposit schemes
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The Welsh Ministers must make arrangements for securing that one or more deposit schemes are available.
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“Deposit scheme” means a scheme for the purpose of—
a
safeguarding deposits paid in connection with occupation contracts, and
b
facilitating the resolution of disputes arising in connection with such deposits.
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“Arrangements” means arrangements with any person (“the scheme administrator”) under which the scheme administrator undertakes to establish and maintain a deposit scheme of a description specified in the arrangements.
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The arrangements must require the scheme administrator to give the Welsh Ministers such information, and such facilities for obtaining information, as the Welsh Ministers may require.
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The Welsh Ministers may—
a
give financial assistance to the scheme administrator;
b
make other payments to the scheme administrator in pursuance of the arrangements;
c
guarantee the discharge of any financial obligation incurred by the scheme administrator in connection with the arrangements.
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The Welsh Ministers may make regulations conferring powers and imposing duties on scheme administrators.
Sch. 5 modified (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1172), regs. 1(2), 8 (with reg. 19)