Prospective
(1)Section 55 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7) (“the 2014 Act”) (meaning of homeless and threatened with homelessness) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (4), for “it is likely that the person will become homeless within 56 days.” substitute “—
(a)the person has received written notice requiring the person to give up occupation of the person’s accommodation,
(b)an application has been made to the High Court or the county court for an order for possession of the person’s accommodation by another person, or
(c)it is likely that the person will become homeless within 6 months (whether paragraph (a) or (b) applies or not).”
(3)After subsection (4) insert—
“(5)Subsection (4)(a) applies only to notice requiring a person to give up occupation of accommodation given by a person who appears entitled to give such notice in respect of the accommodation, regardless of—
(a)whether the notice is otherwise valid, and
(b)the merits of any potential claim for possession of the accommodation by the person who gave the notice.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 43(2)