if the landlord has applied to the licensing authority to be licensed, for the period from the date of the application until it is determined by the authority or (if the authority refuses the application) until all means of appealing against a decision to refuse an application have been exhausted and the decision is upheld;

for a period of 28 days beginning with the date the landlord's interest in the dwelling is assigned to the landlord;

if the landlord takes steps to recover possession of the dwelling within a period of 28 days beginning with the date the landlord's interest in the dwelling is assigned to the landlord, for so long as the landlord continues to diligently pursue the recovery of possession;

to a landlord falling within the definition of community landlord (whether or not the landlord is the landlord under an occupation contract);

to a landlord who is a fully mutual housing association;

in cases specified for the purposes of this section in an order made by the Welsh Ministers.