Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

150 Possession notices E+W

(1) This section applies in relation to a possession notice which a landlord is required to give to a contract-holder [F1 under any of the following sections] before making a possession claim[F2 —

(a) section 159 (in relation to a breach of contract by a contract-holder);

(b) section 161 (in relation to estate management grounds);

(c) section 166, 171 or 192 (in relation to a contract-holder's notice);

(d) section 182 or 188 (in relation to serious rent arrears under a standard contract).]

(2) The notice must (in addition to specifying the ground on which the claim will be made)⁠—

(a) state the landlord's intention to make a possession claim,

(b) give particulars of the ground, and

(c) state the date after which the landlord is able to make a possession claim.

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 150(1) inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 14(a)

F2 S. 150(1)(a)-(d) inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 14(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 9 excluded (1.12.2022) by 2004 c. 34, s. 33(c) (as inserted by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 28(2)(c))

Commencement Information

I1 S. 150 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2