Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

177 Restrictions on section 173: breach of security and deposit requirements

(1) The landlord may not give notice under section 173 at a time when security required by the landlord in a form not permitted by section 43 has not been returned to the person by whom it was given.

(2) The landlord may not give notice under section 173 at a time when any of subsections (3) to (5) apply unless—

(a) a deposit paid in connection with the contract has been returned to the contract-holder (or any person who paid the deposit on his or her behalf) either in full or with such deductions as may have been agreed, or

(b) an application to the county court has been made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 and has been determined by the county court, withdrawn, or settled by agreement between the parties.

(3) A deposit has been paid in connection with the contract but the initial requirements of an authorised deposit scheme have not been complied with.

(4) A deposit has been paid in connection with the contract but the landlord has not provided the information required by section 45(2)(b).

(5) A deposit paid in connection with the contract is not being held in accordance with an authorised deposit scheme.

(6) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts which incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract; section 20 provides that this section—

(a) must be incorporated, and

(b) must not be incorporated with modifications.