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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/body" NumberOfProvisions="265" RestrictStartDate="2026-06-01"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/part/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/part/6" NumberOfProvisions="12" id="part-6" RestrictStartDate="2022-12-01"><Number><Strong>PART 6</Strong></Number><Title>PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO PERIODIC STANDARD CONTRACTS</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/part/6/chapter/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/part/6/chapter/4" NumberOfProvisions="2" id="part-6-chapter-4" RestrictStartDate="2022-12-01"><Number>CHAPTER 4</Number><Title>JOINT CONTRACT-HOLDERS: WITHDRAWAL</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2022-12-01"><Title>Withdrawal</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130" id="section-130"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-d8a2f460d2cc7e70295b70c0f12cf7e5"/>130</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/1" id="section-130-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A joint contract-holder under a periodic standard contract may withdraw from the contract by giving a notice (a  “withdrawal notice”) to the landlord.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/2" id="section-130-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The withdrawal notice must specify the date on which the joint contract-holder intends to cease to be a party to the contract (the  “withdrawal date”).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/3" id="section-130-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The joint contract-holder must give a written warning to the other joint contract-holders when he or she gives the withdrawal notice to the landlord; and a copy of the withdrawal notice must be attached to the warning.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/4" id="section-130-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The landlord must give a written warning to the other joint contract-holders as soon as reasonably practicable after the landlord receives the withdrawal notice; and a copy of the withdrawal notice must be attached to the warning.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/5" id="section-130-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The joint contract-holder ceases to be a party to the contract on the withdrawal date.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/6" id="section-130-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A notice given to the landlord by one or more (but not all) of the joint contract-holders that purports to be a notice under section 168 (contract-holder's notice to end contract) is to be treated as a withdrawal notice, and the date specified in the notice is to be treated as the withdrawal date.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/7" id="section-130-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Subsection (3) does not apply to a notice which is treated as a withdrawal notice because of subsection (6).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/130/8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130/8" id="section-130-8"><Pnumber>8</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group ConfersPower="true" RestrictStartDate="2022-12-01"><Title>Withdrawal: power to prescribe time limits</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/131" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/131" id="section-131"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-1dacee6263f4248b5625259978befeec"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-40f87c50b4f5c4bb3e9da830b88ac762"/>131</Pnumber><P1para><Text>The Welsh Ministers must prescribe supplementary provisions specifying a minimum time period between the date on which a notice under section 130 is given to the landlord, and the date specified in the notice.</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-1dacee6263f4248b5625259978befeec" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="cclvmwd02-00074" SectionRef="section-131" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/131">S. 131</CitationSubRef> in force at 5.8.2016 for specified purposes  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2016/813" id="cclvmwd02-00075" Class="WelshStatutoryInstrument" Year="2016" Number="813" Title="The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016">S.I. 2016/813</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cclvmwd02-00075" id="cclvmwd02-00076" SectionRef="article-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2016/813/article/2/a">art. 2(a)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cclvmwd02-00075" id="cclvmwd02-00077" SectionRef="schedule-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2016/813/schedule/part/1" Operative="true">Sch. Pt. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-d8a2f460d2cc7e70295b70c0f12cf7e5" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-130" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/130" id="cup84h3p4-01716">S. 130</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.12.2022 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/906" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2022" Number="906" Title="The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Amendments) Order 2022" id="cup84h3p4-01717">S.I. 2022/906</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/906/article/2" CitationRef="cup84h3p4-01717" Operative="true" id="cup84h3p4-01718">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-40f87c50b4f5c4bb3e9da830b88ac762" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-131" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2016/1/section/131" id="cup84h3p4-01725">S. 131</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.12.2022 in so far as not already in force by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/906" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2022" Number="906" Title="The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Amendments) Order 2022" id="cup84h3p4-01726">S.I. 2022/906</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2022/906/article/2" CitationRef="cup84h3p4-01726" Operative="true" id="cup84h3p4-01727">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>