Provision of rent books

Provision of rent books.
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1
Where a tenant has a right to occupy premises as a residence in consideration of a rent payable weekly, the landlord shall provide a rent book or other similar document for use in respect of the premises.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply to premises if the rent includes a payment in respect of board and the value of that board to the tenant forms a substantial proportion of the whole rent.
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In this section and sections 5 to 7—
a
“tenant” includes a statutory tenant and a person having a contractual right to occupy the premises; and
b
“landlord”, in relation to a person having such a contractual right, means the person who granted the right or any successor in title of his, as the case may require.
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This section does not apply to occupation contracts within the meaning of section 7 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act
2016 (anaw 1)
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S. 4(4) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 13(2)