Housing Act 2004 (c. 34)

Part 3 E+W Selective licensing of other residential accommodation

Enforcement E+W

[F1 98A Other consequences of operating unlicensed houses: restriction on terminating tenancies (Wales) E+W

(1) No section 173 notice, no section 186 notice, no paragraph 25B of Schedule 12 notice and no section 194 notice may be given in relation to a standard contract of the whole or part of an unlicensed house as long as it remains such a house.

(2) In this section—

• “2016 Act” means the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1);

• “paragraph 25B of Schedule 12 notice” means a notice under paragraph 25B of Schedule 12 to the 2016 Act (termination of contract by landlord);

• “section 173 notice” means a notice under section 173 of the 2016 Act (landlord’s notice);

• “section 186 notice” means a notice under section 186 of the 2016 Act (landlord’s notice in connection with end of term of contract within Schedule 9B);

• “section 194 notice” means a notice under section 194 of the 2016 Act (landlord’s break clause);

• “standard contract” has the same meaning as in the 2016 Act (see section 8 of the 2016 Act);

• “unlicensed house” has the same meaning as in section 96 of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 98A inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 28(6) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/1172, regs. 9, 19)