Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

(introduced by section 186)

[F1 SCHEDULE 9B E+W FIXED TERM STANDARD CONTRACTS WHICH CAN BE TERMINATED BY GIVING NOTICE UNDER SECTION 186

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 9B inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 3

Tenancies and licences which are occupation contracts because of notice given under Part 2 of Schedule 2 E+W

1 E+W A standard contract which would not be an occupation contract but for a notice under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (holiday accommodation; care institutions; temporary expedients; shared accommodation).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 9B para. 1 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Supported accommodation E+W

2 E+W A supported standard contract.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 9B para. 2 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

F2 ... E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 9B para. 3 and cross-heading omitted (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/803), regs. 1(1), 6 (as amended by S.I. 2022/906, arts. 1(2), 15)

F2 3. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accommodation for homeless persons E+W

4 E+W A standard contract made as described in paragraph 11 or 12 of Schedule 2 (accommodation for homeless persons).

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 9B para. 4 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Service occupancy E+W

5 E+W A standard contract where the contract-holder is required by his or her contract of employment to occupy the dwelling.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 9B para. 5 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Service occupancy: police E+W

6 E+W A standard contract where—

(a) the contract-holder is a member of a police force, and

(b) the dwelling is provided for the contract-holder free of rent under regulations made under section 50 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) (general regulations as to government, administration and conditions of service).

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 9B para. 6 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Service occupancy: fire and rescue services E+W

7 E+W A standard contract where—

(a) the contract-holder is an employee of a fire and rescue authority,

(b) the contract-holder's contract of employment requires him or her to live in close proximity to a particular fire station, and

(c) the dwelling is provided to him or her by the fire and rescue authority in consequence of that requirement.

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 9B para. 7 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Temporary accommodation: land acquired for development E+W

8 (1) A standard contract where— E+W

(a) the land the dwelling is on (including any land occupied together with the dwelling other than agricultural land exceeding 0.809 hectares) is, or is part of, land which has been acquired for development, and

(b) the dwelling is used by the landlord as temporary housing accommodation pending development of the land.

(2) “Development” has the meaning given by section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8).

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 9B para. 8 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Temporary accommodation: short-term arrangements E+W

9 E+W A standard contract where—

(a) the dwelling has been let to the landlord with vacant possession for use as temporary housing accommodation,

(b) the terms on which it has been let include provision for the lessor to obtain vacant possession from the landlord at the end of a specified period or when required by the lessor,

(c) the lessor is not a community landlord, and

(d) the landlord has no interest in the dwelling other than under the lease in question or as mortgagor.

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. 9B para. 9 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Temporary accommodation: accommodation during works E+W

10 (1) A standard contract where— E+W

(a) the dwelling (the “temporary dwelling”) has been made available for occupation by the contract-holder while works are carried out on the dwelling previously occupied by the contract-holder as a home,

(b) the landlord of the temporary dwelling is not the same as the landlord of the dwelling previously occupied by the contract-holder (the “old dwelling”), and

(c) the contract-holder was not a contract-holder under a secure contract of the old dwelling at the time when the contract-holder ceased to occupy it as a home.

(2) In this paragraph, references to the contract-holder include references to the contract-holder's predecessor.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), a person is a predecessor of a contract-holder under a standard contract if that person was an earlier contract-holder under the same contract.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 9B para. 10 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Power to amend Schedule E+W

11 E+W The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this Schedule.]

Commencement Information

I10 Sch. 9B para. 11 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2