http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/2/section/8BRenting Homes (Fees, Discrimination etc.) (Wales) Act 2019An Act of the National Assembly for Wales prohibiting persons from requiring certain payments to be made or certain other steps to be taken in consideration of the grant, renewal or continuance of a standard occupation contract, or pursuant to a term of a standard occupation contract; to make provision about holding deposits and in relation to requirements to publicise certain fees charged by letting agents; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-06-08Expert Participation2026-06-01 Renting Homes (Fees, Discrimination etc.) (Wales) Act 2019Deddf Rhentu Cartrefi (Ffioedd, Gwahaniaethu etc.) (Cymru) 2019titleRenters’ Rights Act 2025s. 45(1)s. 138s. 145(3)art. 2(c) Part 2A8B1It is an offence for a relevant person, in relation to a dwelling that is to be the subject of an occupation contract—aon the basis that a person is or may be a benefits claimant, to prevent the person from—ienquiring whether the dwelling is available for rent,iiaccessing information about the dwelling,iiiviewing the dwelling in order to consider whether to seek to rent it, orivobtaining the grant, renewal or continuance of an occupation contract in respect of the dwelling, orbto apply a provision, criterion or practice in order to make benefits claimants less likely to obtain the grant, renewal or continuance of an occupation contract in respect of the dwelling than people who are not benefits claimants.2It is a defence for the relevant person to prove that the prospective landlord of the dwelling, or a person who would be a superior landlord in relation to the dwelling, is insured under a contract of insurance—ato which section 8H does not apply, andbwhich contains a term which requires the insured to prohibit a contract-holder of the dwelling from being a benefits claimant,and the conduct is a means of preventing the insured from breaching that term.3A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.Pt. 2A inserted (1.6.2026) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), ss. 44(3), 145(3) (with ss. 49, 138); W.S.I. 2026/6, art. 2(b)