Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3 Ch. 6A inserted (1.6.2026) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), ss. 46(7), 145(3) (with s. 138) (with power to amend or repeal Pt. 3 Ch. 6A conferred (27.10.2025) by ss. 47, 145(2) of the amending Act); W.S.I. 2026/6, art. 2(d)
(1)Subject to subsection (2), the contract-holder under an occupation contract may permit a person who has not reached the age of 18 to live in or visit the dwelling.
(2)The landlord under an occupation contract must not interfere with or restrict the exercise of the contract-holder’s right under subsection (1), unless the interference or restriction is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
(3)This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts, except where the landlord or a superior landlord is insured under a contract of insurance—
(a)to which section 8H of the Renting Homes (Fees, Discrimination etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 does not apply, and
(b)which contains a term which makes provision (however expressed) requiring the insured to prohibit the contract-holder from having a person who has not reached the age of 18 live with or visit them at the dwelling or to restrict the circumstances in which the contract-holder may have such a person live with or visit them at the dwelling.]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)