Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

182 Restrictions on section 181 E+W

(1) Before making a possession claim on the ground in section 181, the landlord must give the contract-holder a possession notice specifying that ground.

(2) The landlord under a periodic standard contract that is not an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract may not make the claim—

(a) before the end of the period of 14 days starting with the day on which the landlord gives the contract-holder the possession notice, or

(b) after the end of the period of six months starting with that day.

(3) The landlord under an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract may not make the claim—

(a) before the end of the period of one month starting with the day on which the landlord gives the contract-holder the possession notice, or

(b) after the end of the period of six months starting with that day.

(4) Subsection (1) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts, and—

(a) subsection (2) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts that are not introductory standard contracts or prohibited conduct standard contracts;

(b) subsection (3) is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term only of introductory standard contracts and prohibited conduct standard contracts.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 9 excluded (1.12.2022) by 2004 c. 34, s. 33(c) (as inserted by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 28(2)(c))

Commencement Information

I1 S. 182 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2