2019 No. 1151 (W. 201)
The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 (Transitional Provision for Assured Shorthold Tenancies) Regulations 2019
Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 25 of the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 F1, make the following Regulations.
Title and commencementI11
1
The title of these Regulations is the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 (Transitional Provision for Assured Shorthold Tenancies) Regulations 2019.
2
These Regulations come into force on 1 September 2019.
InterpretationI22
In these Regulations—
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“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019;
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“assured shorthold tenancy” (“tenantiaeth fyrddaliadol sicr”) has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988 F2.
Application of Parts 1 to 5 and 7 of the Act in respect of assured shorthold tenanciesI33
Parts 1 to 5 and 7 of the Act (including section 20, when read as provided for in this regulation) are to be treated as having effect in relation to assured shorthold tenancies, and for this purpose—
a
references in the Act to a standard occupation contract are to be read as references to an assured shorthold tenancy,
b
references in the Act to a contract-holder are to be read as references to a tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy,
c
references in the Act to a landlord are to be read as having the same meaning as do references to a landlord in the Housing Act 1988,
d
section 20 of the Act is to be read as follows—
Restriction on terminating contracts20
1
A landlord of a dwelling subject to a standard occupation contract may not give a notice under subsection (1)(b) or (4)(a) of section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 in relation to the dwelling at a time when—
a
the landlord has required a prohibited payment to be made,
b
as a result of the requirement, a prohibited payment has been made to the landlord or to any other person, and
c
the prohibited payment has not been repaid.
2
A landlord of a dwelling subject to a standard occupation contract may not give a notice under subsection (1)(b) or (4)(a) of section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 in relation to the dwelling at a time when—
a
a holding deposit paid in relation to the standard occupation contract has not been repaid, and
b
the circumstances are such that the failure to repay the deposit amounts to a breach of the requirements of Schedule 2.
3
In determining for the purposes of this section whether a prohibited payment or a holding deposit has been repaid, the payment or deposit is to be treated as having been repaid to the extent (if any) that it has been applied towards either or both of the following—
a
a payment of rent under the tenancy;
b
a payment required as security in respect of the tenancy.
e
Schedule 3 to the Act is to be treated as being omitted.
2019 anaw 2; see section 28 for the definition of “regulations”.