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The following table contains an index of terms used in this Act (other than in sections or paragraphs where the term used is defined or explained in that section or paragraph)—
additional terms (of an occupation contract) (“telerau ychwanegol (contract meddiannaeth)”) | section 28 |
anti-social behaviour (“ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol”) | section 55 |
appointed day (“diwrnod penodedig”) | section 242 |
assured shorthold tenancy (“tenantiaeth fyrddaliol sicr”) | section 242 |
assured tenancy (“tenantiaeth sicr”) | section 242 |
authorised deposit scheme (“cynllun blaendal awdurdodedig”) | section 47 |
common parts (“rhannau cyffredin”) | section 252 |
community landlord (“landlord cymunedol”) | section 9 |
contract-holder (“deiliad contract”) | section 7 (see also section 48) |
contract-holder's break clause (“cymal terfynu deiliad contract”) | section 189 |
contract of employment (“contract cyflogaeth”) | section 252 |
Convention rights (“hawliau Confensiwn”) | section 252 |
co-operative housing association (“cymdeithas dai gydweithredol”) | section 9 |
court (“llys”) | section 248 |
demoted tenancy (“tenantiaeth isradd”) | section 242 |
deposit (“blaendal”) | section 47 |
dwelling (“annedd”) | section 246 |
enactment (“deddfiad”) | section 252 |
estate management grounds (“seiliau rheoli ystad”) | section 160 and Schedule 8 |
family property order (“gorchymyn eiddo teuluol”) | section 251 |
fixed term contract (“contract cyfnod penodol”) | section 252 |
fully mutual housing association (“cymdeithas dai gwbl gydfuddiannol”) | section 9 |
fundamental provision (“darpariaeth sylfaenol”) | section 18 (see also section 19) |
fundamental term (“teler sylfaenol”) | section 19 |
head landlord (“prif landlord”) | section 59 |
housing action trust (“ymddiriedolaeth gweithredu tai”) | section 243 |
housing association (“cymdeithas dai”) | section 252 |
[F1housing association tenancy | section 252] |
housing trust (“ymddiriedolaeth dai”) | section 252 |
initial requirements (in relation to an authorised deposit scheme) (“gofynion cychwynnol (o ran cynllun blaendal awdurdodedig)”) | section 47 |
introduction date (“dyddiad cyflwyno”) | paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 |
introductory period (“cyfnod rhagarweiniol”) | paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 |
introductory standard contract (“contract safonol rhagarweiniol”) | section 16 |
introductory tenancy (“tenantiaeth ragarweiniol”) | section 242 |
key matter (in relation to an occupation contract) (“mater allweddol (o ran contract meddiannaeth)”) | sections 26 and 27 |
landlord (“landlord”) | section 244 (see also section 53) |
landlord's break clause (“cymal terfynu'r landlord”) | section 194 |
lease (“les”) | section 249 |
local authority (“awdurdod lleol”) | section 243 |
local housing authority (other than in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2) (“awdurdod tai lleol”) | section 243 |
lodger (“lletywr”) | section 244 |
member of a family (“aelod o deulu”) | section 250 |
new town corporation (“corfforaeth tref newydd”) | section 243 |
occupation contract (“contract meddiannaeth”) | section 7 |
occupation date (“dyddiad meddiannu”) | section 245 |
permitted occupier (“meddiannydd a ganiateir”) | section 244 |
possession claim (”hawliad meddiant”) | section 149 |
possession notice (“hysbysiad adennill meddiant”) | [F2sections 159, 161, 166, 171, 182, 188 and 192 (and see also section 150)] |
prescribed (“rhagnodedig”) | section 252 |
priority successor (in relation to an occupation contract) (“olynydd â blaenoriaeth (o ran contract meddiannaeth)”) | section 83 |
priority successor (of a contract-holder) (“olynydd â blaenoriaeth (i ddeiliad contract)”) | section 75 |
private landlord (“landlord preifat”) | section 10 |
private registered provider of social housing (“darparwr tai cymdeithasol preifat cofrestredig”) | section 9 |
probation period (“cyfnod prawf”) | paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 |
prohibited conduct (“ymddygiad gwaharddedig”) | section 55 |
prohibited conduct standard contract (“contract safonol ymddygiad gwaharddedig”) | section 116 |
protected shorthold tenancy (“tenantiaeth fyrddaliol warchodedig”) | section 242 |
protected tenancy (“tenantiaeth warchodedig”) | section 242 |
registered charity (“elusen gofrestredig”) | section 252 |
registered social landlord (“landlord cymdeithasol cofrestredig”) | section 9 |
rent (“rhent”) | section 252 |
rental period (“cyfnod rhentu”) | section 252 |
reserve successor (in relation to an occupation contract) (“olynydd wrth gefn (o ran contract meddiannaeth)”) | section 83 |
reserve successor (of a contract-holder) (“olynydd wrth gefn (i ddeiliad contract)”) | sections 76 and 77 |
restricted contract (“contract cyfyngedig”) | section 242 |
secure contract (“contract diogel”) | section 8 |
secure tenancy (“tenantiaeth ddiogel”) | section 242 |
security (“sicrwydd”) | section 47 |
service installation (“gosodiad gwasanaeth”) | section 92 |
standard contract (“contract safonol”) | section 8 |
statutory tenancy (“tenantiaeth statudol”) | section 242 |
sub-holder (“isddeiliad”) | section 59 |
sub-occupation contract (“contract isfeddiannaeth”) | section 59 |
supplementary provision (other than in sections 255 and 256) (“darpariaeth atodol”) | section 23 |
supplementary term (“teler atodol”) | section 23 |
supported accommodation (“llety â chymorth”) | section 143 |
supported standard contract (“contract safonol â chymorth”) | section 143 |
tenancy (“tenantiaeth”) | section 249 |
urban development corporation (“corfforaeth datblygu trefol”) | section 243 |
variation (“amrywiad”) | section 247 |
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 253 table 2 inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/799), regs. 1, 5(5) (as amended by S.I. 2022/906, arts. 1(2), 14)
F2Words in s. 253 substituted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 20
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