{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/schedule-9A/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/schedule-9A/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/9A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A landlord may not give notice at a time when security required by the landlord in connection with the contract in a form not permitted by section 43 has not been returned to the person by whom it was given.\n(2) A landlord may not give a notice at a time when any of sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) apply unless—\n(a) a deposit paid in connection with the contract has been returned to the contract-holder (or any person who paid the deposit on the contract-holder's behalf) either in full or with such deduction as may have been agreed, or\n(b) an application to the county court has been made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 and has been determined by the county court, withdrawn, or settled by agreement between the parties.\n(3) This sub-paragraph applies if a deposit has been paid in connection with the contract but the initial requirements of an authorised deposit scheme have not been complied with.\n(4) This sub-paragraph applies if a deposit has been paid in connection with the contract but the landlord has not provided the information required by section 45(2)(b).\n(5) This sub-paragraph applies if a deposit paid in connection with the contract is not being held in accordance with an authorised deposit scheme.\n(6) Sub-paragraph (1) is only incorporated as a term of a contract mentioned in paragraph 7(1) which incorporates section 43.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9A inserted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 9A para. 4(6) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/143), regs. 1, 5(5) (as amended by S.I. 2022/906, arts. 1(2), 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 9A para. 4 modified (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1172), regs. 1(2), 8 (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9A para. 4 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/9A/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}