Housing and Regeneration Act 2008I129

1

The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008138 is amended as follows.

2

In section 149139 (exempted disposals), after subsection (8), insert—

9

Exception 7 is a letting under an occupation contract (within the meaning of section 7 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)) in respect of a dwelling in Wales.

3

In section 153 (proposals: procedure)—

a

in subsection (1)140, in paragraph (b), after “(so far as is reasonably practicable)”, insert “or its contract-holders (so far as is reasonably practicable),”;

b

in subsection (3), in paragraph (b), after “its tenants”, insert “or contract-holders”;

c

in subsection (7), in paragraph (b), after “its tenants”, insert “or contract-holders”.

4

In section 275141 (general), insert at the appropriate places in alphabetical order—

  • “contract-holder” has the meaning given in section 7 (see also section 48) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1),

  • “occupation contract” has the meaning given in section 7 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016,

5

In section 276142 (index of defined terms) in the Table, insert at the appropriate places in alphabetical order—

Contract-holder

Section 275

Occupation contract

Section 275