{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-147",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-147.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/147",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "147",
  "heading": "Overview of Part",
  "text": "The following table provides an overview of this Part—\nTABLE 1\nCHAPTER\nOCCUPATION CONTRACTS TO WHICH IT APPLIES\nCONTENT OF CHAPTER\n1\nAll occupation contracts (except section 151, which applies only to introductory standard contracts and prohibited conduct standard contracts)\n(a) ways in which occupation contracts may be ended,\n(b) circumstances in which landlords may make a claim to the court for recovery of possession of a dwelling, and\n(c) “possession notices”, which are notices landlords must give to contract-holders before making a possession claim under section 157 (breach of contract), section 160 (in relation to estate management grounds), sections 165 or 170 (recovery of possession after contract-holder's notice), section 181 or 187 (serious rent arrears) or section 191 (recovery of possession after use of contract-holder's break clause).\n2\nAll occupation contracts\nCertain circumstances in which occupation contracts can end without a possession claim.\n3\nAll occupation contracts\nLandlords' possession claims on—\n(a)ground of contract-holder's breach of contract, and\n(b)estate management grounds.\n4\nSecure contracts\nContract-holder's right to end the contract.\n5\nPeriodic standard contracts\n(a) contract-holder's right to end the contract, and\n(b) rights of landlord to end the contract and make a possession claim.\n6 and 7\nFixed term standard contracts\n(a) what happens at the end of the term,\n(b) contract-holder's right to end the contract, and\n(c) rights of landlord to end the contract and make a possession claim.\n8\nIntroductory standard contracts and prohibited conduct standard contracts\nReview by landlord, when required by contract-holder, of landlord's decision to give a notice requiring possession on certain grounds.\n9 and 10\nAll occupation contracts\n(a) powers of court in relation to all possession claims, and\n(b) powers of court in relation to possession claims concerning discretionary grounds for possession.\n11\nSecure contracts\nPowers and duties of court in relation to possession claims concerning a contract-holder's notice.\n12\nStandard contracts\nPowers and duties of court in relation to possession claims concerning absolute grounds for possession.\n13 to 15\nAll occupation contracts\n(a) rights of landlord in relation to abandonment of dwelling by contract-holder,\n(b) termination and exclusion where there are joint contract-holders, and\n(c) forfeiture and notices to quit not available in relation to occupation contracts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 147 substituted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 9 excluded (1.12.2022) by 2004 c. 34, s. 33(c) (as inserted by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 28(2)(c))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 147 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/section/147",
    "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."
}