# The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022, Regulation 35: Consumer Rights Act 2015

Extent: E+W

(1) The Consumer Rights Act 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 83 (duty of letting agents to publicise fees etc), in subsection (4)(b)—
(a) after “tenants”, insert “or contract-holders”;
(b) after “tenant”, insert “or contract-holder”;
(c) after “tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”.
(3) In section 86 (letting agency work and property management work)—
(a) in subsection (1)(a)—
(i) after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”;
(ii) after “such a tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”;
(b) in subsection (1)(b)—
(i) after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”;
(ii) after “such a tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”;
(c) in subsection (4)(b) after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”.
(4) In section 88 (supplementary provisions)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, insert—
““contract-holder” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act) and includes a person who proposes to be a contract-holder under an occupation contract because the occupation contract has come to an end;”;
““occupation contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 7 of that Act) except where—
(a)the landlord is—
(i)a private registered provider of social housing,
(ii)a registered social landlord, or
(iii)a fully mutual housing association, or
(b)the tenancy is a long lease;”;
(ii) in the definition of “landlord”, after “tenancy”, in each place it occurs, insert “or an occupation contract”;
(iii) in the definition of “long lease”, for paragraphs (a) and (b), substitute—
“(a) in relation to England—
(i) is a long lease for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), or
(ii) in the case of a shared ownership lease (within the meaning given by section 7(7) of that Act), would be a lease within sub-paragraph (a)(i) of this definition if the tenant’s total share (within the meaning given by that section) were 100%;
(b) in relation to Wales, falls within the definition of “long tenancy” given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1).”;
(b) in subsection (3), after “tenancy”, in each place it occurs, insert “or occupation contract”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/1166/regulation/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016-consequential-amendments-regulations-2022/regulation-35
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