2A

Where a housing association tenancy is a secure contract or a periodic standard contract, the rent payable to the housing association or, as the case may be, the housing trust or the Welsh Ministers (in this subsection called “the landlord”), may be increased with effect from the beginning of any rental period by a written notice of increase specifying the date on which the increase is to take effect, and given by the landlord to the contract-holder not later than four weeks before that date.

2B

A notice of increase given under subsection (2A) does not take effect if, before the date specified in that notice, the contract-holder gives a notice to end the contract.

2C

But the notice of increase does take effect if, before the date specified in that notice, the notice to end the contract ceases to have effect (see section 167(3) or 172(3) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)).

6

In this section, the following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) 2016 (anaw 1) (see sections 7 and 8 of that Act)—

a

contract-holder;

b

occupation contract;

c

periodic standard contract;

d

secure contract,

and “notice to end the contract” means a notice under section 163 or 168 of that Act.