# Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021, Section 2: Landlord's break clause under fixed term standard contract: minimum notice period


(1) The 2016 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 195 (landlord's break clause: 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 fixed term standard contracts, except fixed term standard contracts which—
(a) do not have a landlord's break clause, or
(b) are within Schedule 8A (whether or not they have a landlord's break clause).”
(3) After section 195 insert—
“Minimum notice period: fixed term standard contracts within Schedule 8A
195A (1) If a fixed term standard contract is within Schedule 8A, the date specified in a notice under a landlord's break clause 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 fixed term standard contracts which—
(a) have a landlord's break clause, and
(b) are within Schedule 8A.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/3/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-amendment-wales-act-2021/section-2
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