# Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, Section 181: Serious rent arrears


(1) If the contract-holder under a periodic standard contract is seriously in arrears with his or her rent, the landlord may on that ground make a possession claim.
(2) The contract-holder is seriously in arrears with his or her rent—
(a) where the rental period is a week, a fortnight or four weeks, if at least eight weeks' rent is unpaid;
(b) where the rental period is a month, if at least two months' rent is unpaid;
(c) where the rental period is a quarter, if at least one quarter's rent is more than three months in arrears;
(d) where the rental period is a year, if at least 25% of the rent is more than three months in arrears.
(3) Section 216 provides that the court must (subject to any available defence based on the contract-holder's Convention rights) make an order for possession of the dwelling if it is satisfied that the contract-holder—
(a) was seriously in arrears with his or her rent on the day on which the landlord gave the contract-holder the possession notice, and
(b) is seriously in arrears with his or her rent on the day on which the court hears the possession claim.
(4) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all periodic standard contracts.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/181 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-181
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