The Renting Homes (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2022
| Year | 2022 |
2022 No. 244 (W. 72)
Housing, Wales
The Renting Homes (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Made 8th March 2022
Laid before Senedd Cymru 10th March 2022
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 236(3) and 256(1) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 20161.
Title and commencement
1. The title of these Regulations is the Renting Homes (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2022 and they come into force on the day on which section 239 of the Act2comes into force.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddfy Ddeddf”) means the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016;
“introductory standard contract” (“contract safonol rhagarweiniolcontract safonol rhagarweiniol”) has the meaning given by section 16(4) of the Act;
“prohibited conduct standard contract” (“contract safonol ymddygiad gwaharddedigcontract safonol ymddygiad gwaharddedig”) has the meaning given by section 116(6) of the Act;
“standard contract” (“contract safonolcontract safonol”) has the meaning given by section 8 of the Act.
Prescribed form
3.—(1) The prescribed form of a notice or other document required or authorised to be given or made by or because of this Act is as set out in the following regulations and Schedule.
(2) A notice or other document in a form substantially to the same effect as the prescribed form is valid.
Notice of standard contract
4. The prescribed form of a notice under section 13 of the Act is as set out in Form RHW1 in the Schedule.
Notice of landlord’s address
5. The prescribed form of a notice under section 39(1) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW2 in the Schedule.
Notice of change in landlord’s identity and notice of new landlord’s address
6. The prescribed form of a notice under section 39(2) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW3 in the Schedule.
Notice of change in landlord’s address
7. The prescribed form of a notice under section 39(3) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW4 in the Schedule.
Notice of conditions imposed by head landlord when consenting to a sub-occupation contract
8. The prescribed form of a notice under section 61(2) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW5 in the Schedule.
Notice of head landlord’s decision to treat sub-occupation contract as a periodic standard contract
9. The prescribed form of a notice under section 61(7) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW6 in the Schedule.
Notice to sub-holder of a possession claim against the contract-holder
10. The prescribed form of a notice under section 64(2) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW7 in the Schedule.
Notice of extended possession claim against the sub-holder
11. The prescribed form of a notice under section 65(3)(b) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW8 in the Schedule.
Notice of potential exclusion of contract-holder after abandoning the head contract and the sub-occupation contract
12. The prescribed form of a notice under section 66(3) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW9 in the Schedule.
Form of transfer: transfer of an occupation contract by a contract-holder
13. The prescribed form of a transfer under section 69(1)(a) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW10 in the Schedule.
Form of transfer: transfer of rights and obligations under an occupation contract by a joint contract-holder
14. The prescribed form of a transfer under section 69(1)(b) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW11 in the Schedule.
Notice of variation of rent
15. The prescribed form of a notice under section 104(1) or 123(1) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW12 in the Schedule.
Notice of transfer of rights and obligations under a fixed term standard contract by a joint contract-holder
16. The prescribed form of a notice under a contract term of the type mentioned in section 141(2) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW13 in the Schedule.
Notice of transfer of rights and obligations under a fixed term standard contract on the death of a joint contract-holder
17. The prescribed form of a notice under a contract term of the type mentioned in section 142(2) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW14 in the Schedule.
Notice of temporary exclusion: supported standard contract
18. The prescribed form of a notice under section 145(4) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW15 in the Schedule.
Landlord’s notice of termination: periodic standard contract with six-month minimum notice period (other than introductory standard contract or prohibited conduct standard contract)
19. The prescribed form of a notice under section 173(1) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW16 in the Schedule, where—
(a) the date specified in the notice may not be less than six months after the day on which the notice is given to the contract-holder as a result of section 174(1) of the Act3, and
(b) the notice relates to a periodic standard contract other than an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract.
Landlord’s notice of termination: periodic standard contract with two-month minimum notice period (other than introductory standard contract or prohibited conduct standard contract)
20. The prescribed form of a notice under section 173(1) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW17 in the Schedule, where—
(a) the date specified in the notice may not be less than two months after the day on which the notice is given to the contract-holder as a result of—
(i) section 174A(1) of the Act4, or
(ii) the application of paragraph 25A(2)5of Schedule 12 to section 174(1) of the Act, and
(b) the notice relates to a periodic standard contract other than an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract.
Landlord’s notice of termination: introductory standard contract or prohibited conduct standard contract
21. The prescribed form of a notice under section 173(1) of the Act, in respect of an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract, is as set out in Form RHW18 in the Schedule.
Notice of withdrawal of landlord’s notice of termination: periodic standard contract
22. The prescribed form of a notice under section 180(3) of the Act6is as set out in Form RHW19 in the Schedule.
Notice of possession claim on the ground of serious rent arrears: standard contract (other than introductory standard contract or prohibited conduct standard contract)
23. The prescribed form of a notice under—
(a) section 182(1) of the Act, in respect of a standard contract other than an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract, or
(b) section 188(1) of the Act,
is as set out in Form RHW20 in the Schedule.
Notice of possession claim on the ground of serious rent arrears: introductory standard contract or prohibited conduct standard contract
24. The prescribed form of a notice under section 182(1) of the Act, in respect of an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract, is as set out in Form RHW21 in the Schedule.
Landlord’s notice of termination: fixed term standard contract within Schedule 9B to the Act
25. The prescribed form of a notice under section 186(1) of the Act7is as set out in Form RHW22 in the Schedule.
Notice before making a possession claim
26. The prescribed form of a notice under section 159(1), 161(1), 166(1), 171(1) or 192(1) of the Act is as set out in Form RHW23 in the Schedule.
Notice of termination under landlord’s break clause: fixed term standard contract with six-month minimum notice period
27. The prescribed form of a notice—
(a) under a contract term of the type mentioned in section 194(1)8of the Act (landlord’s break clause), and
(b) where...
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