PART 1REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING

Prohibition of letting and management without registration and licence

12Meaning of property management work

1

In this Part, “property management work” means doing any of the following things—

a

collecting rent;

b

being the principal point of contact for the tenant in relation to matters arising under the tenancy;

c

making arrangements with a person to carry out repairs or maintenance;

d

making arrangements with a tenant or occupier of the dwelling to secure access to the dwelling for any purpose;

e

checking the contents or condition of the dwelling, or arranging for them to be checked;

f

serving notice to terminate a tenancy.

2

But “property management work” does not include doing any one of the things in paragraphs (b) to (f) of subsection (1) when done by a person who—

a

does no other thing within subsection (1), and

b

does nothing within section 10(1) in respect of the dwelling.

3

“Property management work” also does not include—

a

doing things under a contract of service or apprenticeship with a landlord;

b

doing things under a contract of service or apprenticeship, or a contract for services, with a person who is—

i

instructed to carry out the work by a landlord, and

ii

licensed to do so under this Part;

c

anything done by a local housing authority (whether or not in exercise of its functions as a local housing authority);

d

things of a description, or things done by a person of a description, specified for the purposes of this section in an order made by the Welsh Ministers.