{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-fees-discrimination-etc-wales-act-2019/section-8C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-fees-discrimination-etc-wales-act-2019/section-8C.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": "section/8C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8C",
  "heading": "Exception for publication of advertisements etc",
  "text": "Conduct does not constitute an offence under section 8A(1) or section 8B(1) if it consists only of—\n(a) one or more of the following things done by a person who does nothing in relation to the dwelling that is not mentioned in this paragraph—\n(i) publishing advertisements or disseminating information;\n(ii) providing a means by which a prospective landlord can communicate directly with a prospective contract-holder;\n(iii) providing a means by which a prospective contract-holder can communicate directly with a prospective landlord, or\n(b) things of a description, or things done by a person of a description, specified for the purposes of this section in regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2A inserted (1.6.2026) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), ss. 44(3), 145(3) (with ss. 49, 138); W.S.I. 2026/6, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/2/section/8C",
    "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."
}