# The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022, Paragraph 28: Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013

Extent: E+W

The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013 is amended as follows—
(a) in article 2 (interpretation)—
(i) in the definition of “assured tenancy”, in paragraph (a), omit the words “and Wales”;
(ii) at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, insert—
““introductory standard contract” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 16 of that Act);”;
““private landlord” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 10 of that Act);”;
““private registered provider of social housing” has the meaning given by section 80(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;”;
““registered social landlord” means a person registered in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996;”;
““secure contract” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act);”;
““standard contract” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act), but does not include—
(a) an introductory standard contract,
(b) a prohibited conduct standard contract within the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 116 of that Act), or
(c) a supported standard contract within the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 143 of that Act);”;
(b) in Schedule 1 (local housing allowance determinations), in paragraph 3 (rent at the 30th percentile)—
(i) for sub-paragraph (3), substitute—
“(3) The rent officer must compile a list of rents in ascending order of the rents which, in the rent officer’s opinion, are payable—
(a) for each category of dwelling specified in paragraph 1—
(i) in England, let under an assured tenancy, or
(ii) in Wales—
(aa) before the day on which section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force, let under an assured tenancy, or
(bb) on or after that day, let under a relevant occupation contract; and
(b) in the 12 month period ending on the 30th day of the September preceding the date of the determination.”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (5), in the words before paragraph (a), after “assured tenancy”, insert “or a relevant occupation contract, as the case may be,”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (5)(a), after “assured tenancy”, insert “or relevant occupation contract”;
(iv) in sub-paragraph (5)(c), after “assured tenancy”, insert “or relevant occupation contract”;
(v) after sub-paragraph (10), insert—
“(11) In this paragraph, “relevant occupation contract” means—
(a) a secure contract in relation to which the landlord is a registered social landlord, a private registered provider of social housing, or a private landlord,
(b) a standard contract, or
(c) an introductory standard contract in relation to which the landlord is a registered social landlord or a private registered provider of social housing.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/907/schedule/1/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016-consequential-amendments-to-secondary-legislation-regulations-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-28
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