7.—(1) The Land Compensation Act 1973(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 29(2) (right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)after paragraph (e), insert—
“(f)the making of an order for possession of a dwelling subject to a tenancy which is a secure contract on ground A or ground B of the Estate Management Grounds in Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1),”;
(ii)in paragraph (v), after “paragraph (e)”, insert “or (f)”;
(b)in subsection (4)—
(i)at the end of paragraph (e)(iii), omit “or”;
(ii)after paragraph (e)(iv), insert—
“(v)the licence is a secure contract, or
(vi)the licence is an introductory standard contract.”
(3) In section 32(3) (supplementary provisions about home loss payments), after subsection (7B), insert—
“(7C) Where a landlord obtains possession by agreement of a dwelling in Wales subject to a tenancy which is a secure contract and—
(a)notice of proceedings for possession of the dwelling has been served, or might have been served, specifying ground A or ground B of the estate management grounds in Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1), or
(b)the landlord has applied, or could apply, to the Welsh Ministers for approval for the purposes of estate management ground B of a scheme for the disposal and redevelopment of an area of land consisting of or including the whole or part of the dwelling,
the landlord may make to any person giving up possession or occupation a payment corresponding to any home loss payment or discretionary payment which they would be required or authorised to make to that person if an order for possession had been made on either of those grounds.”
(4) In section 87(4) (general interpretation), in subsection (1), at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, insert—
““introductory standard contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 16 of that Act);”;
““secure contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act);”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 7 in force at 1.12.2022, see reg. 1(1)
Section 29 was amended by section 265 of and paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 15 to the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), section 130 of and paragraph 38 of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), section 4 of and paragraph 24 of Schedule 2 to the Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71), sections 68, 70 and 84 of and paragraph 22 of Schedule 15 to and Part 3 of Schedule 19 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 9(3) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), article 4 of and paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 2 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866) and article 5(1) of and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1996 (Consequential Provisions) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2325).
Section 32 was amended by sections 68 and 70 of and paragraph 23 of Part 2 of Schedule 15 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 9(4) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), sections 114 and 194 of and Part 13 of Schedule 34 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), section 140 of and Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), paragraph 23 of Part 6 of Schedule 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) and article 5 of and paragraphs 3 and 5 of Schedule 2 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866).
There are amendments to section 87 which are not relevant to these Regulations.