Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

Written statement of converted contract and provision of information E+W

Valid from 01/12/2022

11 (1) The landlord must give the contract-holder under a converted contract a written statement of the contract before the end of the period of six months starting with the appointed day (“the information provision period”). E+W

[F1 (1A) Section 31(2) (provision of written statement to new contract-holder) does not apply in relation to a converted contract during the information provision period.]

(2) Any references in this Act to the landlord's obligation under section 31(1) are to be read, in relation to converted contracts, as references to the landlord's obligation under sub-paragraph (1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 12 para. 11(1A) inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 27(2)

Valid from 01/12/2022

12 E+W Sections 36 and 37 (applications to court) apply in relation to a written statement provided because of paragraph 11(1) as if for the words in section 36(3) and 37(2) there were substituted

“If the landlord was required to provide the written statement under paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 12, the contract-holder may not apply to the court under subsection (1) before—

(a) the end of the information provision period (within the meaning of Schedule 12), or

(b) if earlier, the period of 14 days starting with the day on which the landlord gave the contract-holder the written statement.”

Valid from 01/12/2022

[F2 12A E+W F3 ... Schedule 9A (restrictions on giving notice under section 173, under section 186, and under a landlord's break clause) applies in relation to a converted contract as if—

(a) paragraph 1 were omitted, and

(b) for paragraph 2 there were substituted—

Failure to provide written statement within the specified period E+W

2 If—

(a) a landlord is required to provide a written statement of the contract under paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 12, or under section 31(2) (where it is not disapplied by paragraph 11(1A) of that Schedule), and

(b) the landlord has failed to comply with paragraph 11(1) or section 31(2),

the landlord may not give notice before the end of the period of six months starting with the day on which the landlord gave the written statement to the contract-holder.”]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 12 para. 12A inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 27(3)

F3 Sub-provision number "(1)" in Sch. 12 para. 12A omitted (14.7.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/795), regs. 1(2), 9

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 12 para. 12A in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2

Valid from 01/12/2022

13 (1) Section 39(1) (information about landlord's address) applies in relation to a converted contract as if for “the period of 14 days starting with the occupation date of the contract” there were substituted “ the information provision period (within the meaning of Schedule 12) ”. E+W

(2) Section 40(2) (compensation) applies in relation to section 39(1), as modified by sub-paragraph (1), as if the relevant date were the first day of the period of 14 days ending with the last day of the information provision period (and accordingly section 40 is to be read as if subsection (5) were omitted).