Landlord's notice: minimum notice periods

Landlord's notice under periodic standard contract: minimum notice period
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1
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (“the 2016 Act”) is amended as follows.
2
In section 174 (notices under section 173: minimum notice period)—
a
in subsection (1), for “two months” substitute “ six months ”;
b
for subsection (2) substitute—
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This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts, except periodic standard contracts which—
a
do not incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract, or
b
are within Schedule 8A (whether or not they incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract).
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After section 174, insert—

Minimum notice period: periodic standard contracts within Schedule 8A
174A
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If a periodic standard contract is within Schedule 8A, the date specified in a notice under section 173 may not be less than two months after the day on which the notice is given to the contract-holder.
2
This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts which—
a
incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract, and
b
are within Schedule 8A.
S. 1 in force at 7.6.2021, see s. 19(3)