[F1Service charges payable to community landlords etc.E+W
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 10A inserted (with effect in accordance with s.15(4) of the amending Act) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), ss. 15(1), 19(1) (with s. 15(5)-(7))
10A(1)A payment of a service charge is a permitted payment if—E+W
(a)it is required under a standard occupation contract, and
(b)the landlord is a community landlord.
(2)But sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to—
(a)a standard occupation contract within paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 to the 2016 Act (accommodation which is not social accommodation), or
(b)a standard occupation contract mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).
(3)A payment of a service charge is a permitted payment if it is required under a standard occupation contract within section 143 of the 2016 Act (contracts relating to supported accommodation).
(4)For the purposes of this paragraph—
“2016 Act” (“Deddf 2016”) means the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1);
“community landlord” (“landlord cymunedol”) has the meaning given by section 9 of the 2016 Act;
“service charge” (“tâl gwasanaeth”) does not include a charge for a service where the payment for the charge would be permitted by virtue of another paragraph of this Schedule, and in relation to sub-paragraph (3) only, includes charges for the provision of support services;
“support services” (“gwasnaethau cymorth”) has the meaning given by section 143 of the 2016 Act (see, in particular, subsection (4) of that section).]