{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/schedule-12/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/schedule-12/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The contract-holder under a converted contract is to be treated as a reserve successor in relation to the contract if—\n(a) immediately before the appointed day the converted contract was of a description in column 1 of Table 7,\n(b) before the appointed day it had vested in the contract-holder under the provision in column 2 of that Table, and\n(c) the contract-holder qualified to succeed because of the provisions in column 3 of that Table.\nTABLE 7\nTYPE OF TENANCY\nVESTING PROVISION\nQUALIFYING PROVISIONS\nSecure tenancy\nSection 89 of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)\nSections 87(b) and 113(1)(b) of that Act\nIntroductory tenancy\nSection 133 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)\nSections 131(b) and 140(1)(b) of that Act\nDemoted tenancy\nSection 143H of the Housing Act 1996\nSection 143P(1)(c) of that Act\n(2) The contract-holder under a converted contract is to be treated as a reserve successor in relation to the contract if—\n(a) immediately before the appointed day the contract was an assured tenancy, and\n(b) before the appointed day the contract-holder had become entitled to the assured tenancy under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) (succession).\n(3) The contract-holder under a converted contract is to be treated as a reserve successor in relation to the contract if—\n(a) immediately before the appointed day the contract was an assured tenancy,\n(b) before the appointed day it had vested in the contract-holder under section 17 of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) (succession to assured tenancy), and\n(c) on the appointed day the landlord under the contract was a private landlord.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 21 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/schedule/12/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:17.774658+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}