Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw1) - Explanatory Notes

Explanatory Notes

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

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18 January 2016

Commentary on Sections

Part 3 - Provisions Applying to All Occupation Contracts

Chapter 5 - Joint Contract-Holders and Joint Landlords

Schedule 6 - Reasonableness of withholding consent etc.

Part 2 – Circumstances which may be relevant to reasonableness generally

170. The general circumstances are:

• the status of the contract (whether any party has taken steps to end the contract);

• the dwelling (e.g., the size and suitability of the dwelling for the transaction being proposed);

• the circumstances of the contract-holder and other occupiers; and

• the circumstances of the landlord.