The Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022

Application to converted contracts E+W

7.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a converted contract.

(2) In regulations 5(1) and 6(1), “period of occupation” means the period—

(a) starting with the day which is 12 months after the conversion date, and

(b) ending when the contract ends.

(3) In regulation 5(2), “period of occupation” means the period—

(a) starting with the conversion date, and

(b) ending when the contract ends.

(4) In regulation 6(3), “occupation date” means the day which is 12 months after the conversion date.

(5) Regulation 6 is to be read as if for paragraph (4) there were substituted—

“(4) Where an electrical safety inspection is carried out after the contract-holder has been given a report in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) (as modified by regulation 7(4)), the landlord must ensure that the contract-holder is given a copy of the electrical condition report relating to the inspection before the end of the period of [F1 14 days] starting with the day on which the inspection was completed.”

(6) In this regulation, “conversion date”, in relation to a converted contract, means the date on which the tenancy or licence became an occupation contract under section 240 of the Act(1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 7(5) substituted (30.11.2022) by The Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1076), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 1.12.2022, see reg. 1 (as amended by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/906), art. 3)

(1)

Conversion takes place on the appointed day. This is defined by section 242 of the Act.