{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/schedule-12/paragraph-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/schedule-12/paragraph-2A.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/2A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 7(6) and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 do not apply to a licence where immediately before the appointed day—\n(a) the licensee was aged 16 or 17, and\n(b) the licence was—\n(i) a secure tenancy, or\n(ii) an assured agricultural occupancy.\n(2) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, this Act applies to the contract-holder as if he or she were aged 18.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 2A inserted (14.7.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/795), regs. 1(2), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 2A 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/2A",
    "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."
}