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The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025

W.S.I. 2025/673 · Made 11 June 2025

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Housing, Wales

Made 11 June 2025

Coming into force 13 June 2025

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 255(1)(a) and (2) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016f1.

In accordance with section 256(3) and (5) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymruf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 anaw 1. Section 255(2) was amended by section 14 of, and paragraphs 1 and 8 of Schedule 5 to, the Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3).

f2

The reference in section 256(3) and (5) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 to the National Assembly for Wales now has effect as a reference to Senedd Cymru by virtue of section 150A(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

Contents

  1. 1Title and coming into force
  2. 2Amendments to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
  3. 3Amendment to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title and coming into force

The title of these Regulations is the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 and they come into force on 13 June 2025.

2Amendments to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987

(1)

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 3f2 (qualifying tenants)—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

at the end of paragraph (d) insert “or”;

(ii)

omit paragraphs (e) and (f);

(iii)

at the end insert—

“(g)

a tenancy that is an occupation contract (within the meaning of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act)).”

(b)

omit subsection (5).

3Amendment to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022

Omit paragraph (2) of regulation 15 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022f1.

Signature

Jayne Bryant

Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

11 June 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (“the 1987 Act”) and the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (“the 2022 Regulations”), in consequence of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”).

Regulation 2 amends section 3 of the 1987 Act to provide that tenants under occupation contracts (see section 7 of the 2016 Act) are not qualifying tenants for the purposes of Part 1 of the 1987 Act.

Regulation 3 omits paragraph (2) of regulation 15 of the 2022 Regulations as it is superseded by the provision made in regulation 2.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this instrument.