Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw1)

PART 2 OCCUPATION CONTRACTS AND LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 2 NATURE OF CONTRACTS WHICH CAN BE MADE ETC. BY COMMUNITY LANDLORDS AND PRIVATE LANDLORDS

Contracts made with or adopted by private landlords

17 Contract made with or adopted by private landlord

(1) An occupation contract made with a private landlord is a standard contract unless, before or at the time the contract is made, the landlord gives the contract-holder a notice stating that the contract is a secure contract.

(2) If a private landlord becomes the landlord under an existing secure contract, the contract continues as a secure contract.

(3) If a private landlord becomes the landlord under an existing standard contract, the contract continues as a standard contract.