# Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021, Section 1: Landlord's notice under periodic standard contract: minimum notice period


(1) The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (“the 2016 Act”) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 174 (notices under section 173: minimum notice period)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “two months” substitute “ six months ”;
(b) for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts, except periodic standard contracts which—
(a) do not incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract, or
(b) are within Schedule 8A (whether or not they incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract).”
(3) After section 174, insert—
“Minimum notice period: periodic standard contracts within Schedule 8A
174A (1) If a periodic standard contract is within Schedule 8A, the date specified in a notice under section 173 may not be less than two months after the day on which the notice is given to the contract-holder.
(2) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts which—
(a) incorporate section 173 as a term of the contract, and
(b) are within Schedule 8A.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/3/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-amendment-wales-act-2021/section-1
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