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The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Amendments) Order 2022

W.S.I. 2022/906 · Made 12 August 2022 · Extends to England and Wales

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Housing, Wales

Made 12 August 2022

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 257(2) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016f1 and section 38(1) of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 anaw 1.

f2

2019 anaw 4. The power to make regulations under section 38 of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 may be exercised to make an order by virtue of section 39 of that Act.

Contents

  1. 1Title, coming into force and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. 3Amendment of the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  4. 4Amendment of the Renting Homes (Explanatory Information for Written Statements of Occupation Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  5. 5Amendment of the Renting Homes (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  6. 6Amendment of the Renting Homes (Supported Standard Contracts) (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  7. 7Amendment of the Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  8. 8Amendment of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022
  9. 9Amendment of the Renting Homes (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  10. 10Amendment of the Renting Homes (Review of Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  11. 11Amendment of the Renting Homes (Deposit Schemes) (Required Information) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  12. 12Amendment of the Renting Homes (Safeguarding Property in Abandoned Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  13. 13Amendment of the Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022
  14. 14Amendment of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental provisions) Regulations 2022
  15. 15Amendment of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022
  16. Signature
  17. Explanatory note

1Title, coming into force and interpretationI1

(1)

The title of this Order is the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Amendments) Order 2022.

(2)

This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.

2Appointed dayI1

1 December 2022 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the Act in so far as it is not already in force.

3Amendment of the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force)”.

4Amendment of the Renting Homes (Explanatory Information for Written Statements of Occupation Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Explanatory Information for Written Statements of Occupation Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force)”.

5Amendment of the Renting Homes (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force)”.

6Amendment of the Renting Homes (Supported Standard Contracts) (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Supported Standard Contracts) (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force)”.

7Amendment of the Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force)”.

8Amendment of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force)”.

9Amendment of the Renting Homes (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force)”.

10Amendment of the Renting Homes (Review of Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Review of Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force)”.

11Amendment of the Renting Homes (Deposit Schemes) (Required Information) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Deposit Schemes) (Required Information) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force)”.

12Amendment of the Renting Homes (Safeguarding Property in Abandoned Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Safeguarding Property in Abandoned Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force)”.

13Amendment of the Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force)”.

14Amendment of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental provisions) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental Provisions) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force)”.

15Amendment of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022I1

In regulation 1(1) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022f1, for “the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force”, substitute “1 December 2022 (the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force)”.

Signature

Julie Jame

Minister for Climate Change, one of the Welsh Ministers

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the second commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (“the Act”).

The Act makes provision about tenancies and licences which confer the right to occupy a dwelling as a home, including provision establishing two kinds of contract for the purpose of renting homes and for connected purposes.

The Act is amended by the Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3).

Article 2 of this Order brings the Act into force, to the extent that it is not already in force, on 1 December 2022.

In preparation for the coming into force of the remainder of the Act, 13 substantive statutory instruments have been made under various enabling provisions within the Act. 12 of those statutory instruments have been made on the basis that they will come into force on the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force.

Section 38(1) of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4) enables the Welsh Ministers to amend provisions which describe a date or time by reference to the coming into force of an enactment, with the actual date or time (once known).

In exercise of that power, articles 3 to 15 amend the 12 statutory instruments to replace references to the day on which section 239 of the Act comes into force with a reference to 1 December 2022.