The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022

Consumer Rights Act 2015

35.—(1) The Consumer Rights Act 2015(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 83(2) (duty of letting agents to publicise fees etc), in subsection (4)(b)—

(a) after “tenants”, insert “or contract-holders”;

(b) after “tenant”, insert “or contract-holder”;

(c) after “tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”.

(3) In section 86 (letting agency work and property management work)—

(a) in subsection (1)(a)—

(i) after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”;

(ii) after “such a tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”;

(b) in subsection (1)(b)—

(i) after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”;

(ii) after “such a tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”;

(c) in subsection (4)(b) after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”.

(4) In section 88 (supplementary provisions)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, insert—

““contract-holder” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act) and includes a person who proposes to be a contract-holder under an occupation contract because the occupation contract has come to an end;”;

““occupation contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 7 of that Act) except where—

(a)

the landlord is—

(i)

a private registered provider of social housing,

(ii)

a registered social landlord, or

(iii)

a fully mutual housing association, or

(b)

the tenancy is a long lease;”;

(ii) in the definition of “landlord”, after “tenancy”, in each place it occurs, insert “or an occupation contract”;

(iii) in the definition of “long lease”, for paragraphs (a) and (b), substitute—

“(a) in relation to England—

(i) is a long lease for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), or

(ii) in the case of a shared ownership lease (within the meaning given by section 7(7) of that Act), would be a lease within sub-paragraph (a)(i) of this definition if the tenant’s total share (within the meaning given by that section) were 100%;

(b) in relation to Wales, falls within the definition of “long tenancy” given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1).”;

(b) in subsection (3), after “tenancy”, in each place it occurs, insert “or occupation contract”.

(1)

2015 c. 15.

(2)

Section 83(4) was amended by section 18 of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (c. 4). There are other amendments to section 83, which are not relevant to these Regulations.