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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-fees-discrimination-etc-wales-act-2019/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-fees-discrimination-etc-wales-act-2019/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2019/2",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Fees, Discrimination etc.) (Wales) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-fees-discrimination-etc-wales-act-2019",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A payment for or in connection with the provision of a utility is a permitted payment if—\n(a) it is required under a standard occupation contract, and\n(b) it is made in respect of the dwelling subject to the contract.\n(2) A payment towards energy efficiency improvements under a green deal plan (within the meaning of section 1 of the Energy Act 2011 (c.16)) is a permitted payment if—\n(a) it is required under a standard occupation contract, and\n(b) it is made in respect of the dwelling subject to the contract.\n(3) In this Act “utility” means any of the following—\n(a) electricity, gas or other fuel;\n(b) water or sewerage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 1.9.2019 by S.I. 2019/1150, art. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/2/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:04.658314+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}