Regulation 29 Housing and Regeneration Act 2008I1

England and Wales

(1)

The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 149^f2 (exempted disposals), after subsection (8), insert—

“(9)
Exception 7 is a letting under an occupation contract (within the meaning of section 7 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)) in respect of a dwelling in Wales.”

(3)

In section 153 (proposals: procedure)—

(a)

in subsection (1)^f3, in paragraph (b), after “(so far as is reasonably practicable)”, insert “or its contract-holders (so far as is reasonably practicable),”;

(b)

in subsection (3), in paragraph (b), after “its tenants”, insert “or contract-holders”;

(c)

in subsection (7), in paragraph (b), after “its tenants”, insert “or contract-holders”.

(4)

In section 275^f4 (general), insert at the appropriate places in alphabetical order—

““contract-holder” has the meaning given in section 7 (see also section 48) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1),”;

““occupation contract” has the meaning given in section 7 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016,”.

(5)

In section 276^f5 (index of defined terms) in the Table, insert at the appropriate places in alphabetical order—

“
Contract-holder Section 275
”

“
Occupation contract Section 275
”

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 29 in force at 1.12.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 2008 c. 17.
f2: There are amendments to section 149 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
f3: Section 153(1) was amended by section 151(1) of and paragraphs 121 and 122 of Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14) and article 2(c) of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to the Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496).
f4: There are amendments to section 275 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
f5: There are amendments to section 276 which are not relevant to these Regulations.