The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

29.—(1) The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 149(2) (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)(3), 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 275(4) (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 276(5) (index of defined terms) in the Table, insert at the appropriate places in alphabetical order—

“Contract-holder

Section 275”

“Occupation contract

Section 275”

(1)

2008 c. 17.

(2)

There are amendments to section 149 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

Section 153(1) was amended by section 151(1) of and paragraphs 121 and 122 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14) and article 2(c) of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to the Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496).

(4)

There are amendments to section 275 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

(5)

There are amendments to section 276 which are not relevant to these Regulations.