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2(1)This paragraph has effect for the interpretation of certain expressions used in this Schedule.E+W
(2)Except where the context otherwise requires, expressions to which a meaning is assigned for the purposes of the 1988 Act or Part I of that Act have the same meaning in this Schedule.
[F1(2A)The following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—
“appointed day” (see section 242 of that Act);
“contract-holder” (see section 7 of that Act);
“fundamental term” (see section 19 of that Act);
“standard contract” (see section 8 of that Act);
“written statement” (see section 31 of that Act).]
(3)[F2In relation to England,] “long tenancy” means a tenancy granted for a term of years certain exceeding 21 years, whether or not subsequently extended by act of the parties or by any enactment, but excluding any tenancy which is, or may become, terminable before the end of the term by notice given to the tenant.
[F3(3A)In relation to Wales, “long tenancy” has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the 2016 Act.]
[F4(4)A tenancy is “at a low rent” if under the tenancy—
(a)no rent is payable,
(b)where the tenancy is entered into on or after 1st April 1990 (otherwise than, where the dwelling-house had a rateable value on 31st March 1990, in pursuance of a contract made before 1st April 1990), the maximum rent payable at any time is payable at a rate of—
(i)£1,000 or less a year if the dwelling-house is in Greater London and,
(ii)£250 or less a year if the dwelling-house is elsewhere, or,
(c)where the tenancy was entered into before 1st April 1990 or (where the dwelling-house had a rateable value on 31st March 1990) is entered into on or after 1st April 1990 in pursuance of a contract made before that date, and the maximum rent payable at any time under the tenancy is less than two-thirds of the rateable value of the dwelling-house on 31st March 1990.]
(5)[F5Paragraph 2(2)] of Schedule 1 to the 1988 Act applies to determine whether the rent under a tenancy falls within sub-paragraph (4) above and Part II of that Schedule applies to determine the rateable value of a dwelling-house for the purposes of that sub-paragraph.
(6)“Long residential tenancy” and “qualifying condition” have the meaning assigned by paragraph 1 above and the following expressions shall be construed as follows—
“the 1954 Act” means the M1Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;
“the 1988 Act” means the M2Housing Act 1988;
[F6“the 2016 Act” means the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1);]
“assured periodic tenancy” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 9(4) below;
“the date of termination” has the meaning assigned by paragraph 4(4) below;
“disputed terms” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 11(1)(a) below;
“election by the tenant to retain possession” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 4(7) below;
“former 1954 Act tenancy” means a tenancy to which, by virtue of section 186(3) of this Act, this Schedule applies on and after 15th January 1999;
“the implied terms” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 4(5)(a) below;
“landlord” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 19(1) below;
“landlord’s notice” means a notice under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 4 below and such a notice is—
a “landlord’s notice proposing an assured tenancy” if it contains such proposals as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (5)(a) of that paragraph; and
a “landlord’s notice to resume possession” if it contains such proposals as are referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(b) of that paragraph;
“specified date of termination”, in relation to a tenancy in respect of which a landlord’s notice is served, means the date specified in the notice as mentioned in paragraph 4(1)(a) below;
“tenant’s notice” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 10(1)(a) below;
“term date”, in relation to a tenancy granted for a term of years certain, means the date of expiry of that term;
“the terms of the tenancy specified in the landlord’s notice”shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 4(6) below; and
“undisputed terms” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 11(2) below.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 para. 2(2A) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(c)(i)
F2Words in Sch. 10 para. 2(3) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(c)(ii)
F3Sch. 10 para. 2(3A) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(c)(iii)
F4Sch. 10 para. 2(4) substituted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2,Sch. para. 33
F5Words substituted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2, Sch. para. 34
F6Words in Sch. 10 para. 2(6) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(c)(iv)
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