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

W.S.I. 2025/673 · made 11 June 2025

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”).

Made under: Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Section 255)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016-consequential-amendments-regulations-2025/pdf/wsi_20250673_mi.pdf

## Introductory text

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 2016.
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 Cymru.

## 1 Title 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.

## 2 Amendments to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987

(1) The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 3 (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).

## 3 Amendment 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 2022.

## 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.

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