Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

2 Kinds of landlord

(1) This Act (in Part 2) provides—

(a) for two kinds of landlord—

(i) community landlords (which are local authorities, registered social landlords and other kinds of authority), and

(ii) private landlords (which are any landlords who are not community landlords);

(b) that both kinds of landlord may make, or adopt, specific kinds of occupation contract (though this is subject to various exceptions).

(2) In general—

(a) occupation contracts made with or adopted by community landlords are secure contracts, and

(b) contracts made with or adopted by private landlords are standard contracts,

but this is subject to various exceptions.