Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

145 Temporary exclusion E+W

(1) If the landlord under a supported standard contract reasonably believes that a contract-holder has done anything within subsection (2), the landlord may require the contract-holder—

(a) to leave the dwelling, and

(b) not to return to the dwelling for a specified period.

(2) The acts are—

(a) using violence against any person in the dwelling,

(b) doing something in the dwelling which creates a risk of significant harm to any person, and

(c) behaving in the dwelling in a way which seriously impedes the ability of another resident of supported accommodation provided by the landlord to benefit from the support provided in connection with that accommodation.

(3) The period specified under subsection (1)(b) may not be longer than 48 hours.

(4) The landlord must give a contract-holder required to leave the dwelling under this section a notice setting out the reasons why he or she is required to leave, and must do so⁠—

(a) when requiring him or her to leave, or

(b) as soon as reasonably practicable afterwards.

(5) The landlord may use the power conferred by this section, in relation to a particular contract-holder, no more than three times in any period of six months.

(6) In this section (except in subsection (2)(c) and this subsection) references to “the landlord” include references to any person designated by the landlord as entitled to exercise the power under this section in relation to the dwelling.

(7) In this section “dwelling” includes any common parts.

(8) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all supported standard contracts.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 145 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2