{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-253",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-253.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/253",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "253",
  "heading": "Index of terms",
  "text": "The following table contains an index of terms used in this Act (other than in sections or paragraphs where the term used is defined or explained in that section or paragraph)—\nTABLE 2\nadditional terms (of an occupation contract) (“telerau ychwanegol (contract meddiannaeth)”)\nsection 28\nanti-social behaviour (“ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol”)\nsection 55\nappointed day (“diwrnod penodedig”)\nsection 242\nassured shorthold tenancy (“tenantiaeth fyrddaliol sicr”)\nsection 242\nassured tenancy (“tenantiaeth sicr”)\nsection 242\nauthorised deposit scheme (“cynllun blaendal awdurdodedig”)\nsection 47\ncommon parts (“rhannau cyffredin”)\nsection 252\ncommunity landlord (“landlord cymunedol”)\nsection 9\ncontract-holder (“deiliad contract”)\nsection 7 (see also section 48)\ncontract-holder's break clause (“cymal terfynu deiliad contract”)\nsection 189\ncontract of employment (“contract cyflogaeth”)\nsection 252\nConvention rights (“hawliau Confensiwn”)\nsection 252\nco-operative housing association (“cymdeithas dai gydweithredol”)\nsection 9\ncourt (“llys”)\nsection 248\ndemoted tenancy (“tenantiaeth isradd”)\nsection 242\ndeposit (“blaendal”)\nsection 47\ndwelling (“annedd”)\nsection 246\nenactment (“deddfiad”)\nsection 252\nestate management grounds (“seiliau rheoli ystad”)\nsection 160 and Schedule 8\nfamily property order (“gorchymyn eiddo teuluol”)\nsection 251\nfixed term contract (“contract cyfnod penodol”)\nsection 252\nfully mutual housing association (“cymdeithas dai gwbl gydfuddiannol”)\nsection 9\nfundamental provision (“darpariaeth sylfaenol”)\nsection 18 (see also section 19)\nfundamental term (“teler sylfaenol”)\nsection 19\nhead landlord (“prif landlord”)\nsection 59\n. . .\n. . .\nhousing association (“cymdeithas dai”)\nsection 252\nhousing association tenancy\nsection 252\nhousing trust (“ymddiriedolaeth dai”)\nsection 252\ninitial requirements (in relation to an authorised deposit scheme) (“gofynion cychwynnol (o ran cynllun blaendal awdurdodedig)”)\nsection 47\nintroduction date (“dyddiad cyflwyno”)\nparagraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4\nintroductory period (“cyfnod rhagarweiniol”)\nparagraph 1 of Schedule 4\nintroductory standard contract (“contract safonol rhagarweiniol”)\nsection 16\nintroductory tenancy (“tenantiaeth ragarweiniol”)\nsection 242\nkey matter (in relation to an occupation contract) (“mater allweddol (o ran contract meddiannaeth)”)\nsections 26 and 27\nlandlord (“landlord”)\nsection 244 (see also section 53)\nlandlord's break clause (“cymal terfynu'r landlord”)\nsection 194\nlease (“les”)\nsection 249\nlocal authority (“awdurdod lleol”)\nsection 243\nlocal housing authority (other than in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2) (“awdurdod tai lleol”)\nsection 243\nlodger (“lletywr”)\nsection 244\nmember of a family (“aelod o deulu”)\nsection 250\nnew town corporation (“corfforaeth tref newydd”)\nsection 243\noccupation contract (“contract meddiannaeth”)\nsection 7\noccupation date (“dyddiad meddiannu”)\nsection 245\npermitted occupier (“meddiannydd a ganiateir”)\nsection 244\npossession claim (”hawliad meddiant”)\nsection 149\npossession notice (“hysbysiad adennill meddiant”)\nsections 159, 161, 166, 171, 182, 188 and 192 (and see also section 150)\nprescribed (“rhagnodedig”)\nsection 252\npriority successor (in relation to an occupation contract) (“olynydd â blaenoriaeth (o ran contract meddiannaeth)”)\nsection 83\npriority successor (of a contract-holder) (“olynydd â blaenoriaeth (i ddeiliad contract)”)\nsection 75\nprivate landlord (“landlord preifat”)\nsection 10\nprivate registered provider of social housing (“darparwr tai cymdeithasol preifat cofrestredig”)\nsection 9\nprobation period (“cyfnod prawf”)\nparagraph 3 of Schedule 7\nprohibited conduct (“ymddygiad gwaharddedig”)\nsection 55\nprohibited conduct standard contract (“contract safonol ymddygiad gwaharddedig”)\nsection 116\nprotected shorthold tenancy (“tenantiaeth fyrddaliol warchodedig”)\nsection 242\nprotected tenancy (“tenantiaeth warchodedig”)\nsection 242\nregistered charity (“elusen gofrestredig”)\nsection 252\nregistered social landlord (“landlord cymdeithasol cofrestredig”)\nsection 9\nrent (“rhent”)\nsection 252\nrental period (“cyfnod rhentu”)\nsection 252\nreserve successor (in relation to an occupation contract) (“olynydd wrth gefn (o ran contract meddiannaeth)”)\nsection 83\nreserve successor (of a contract-holder) (“olynydd wrth gefn (i ddeiliad contract)”)\nsections 76 and 77\nrestricted contract (“contract cyfyngedig”)\nsection 242\nsecure contract (“contract diogel”)\nsection 8\nsecure tenancy (“tenantiaeth ddiogel”)\nsection 242\nsecurity (“sicrwydd”)\nsection 47\nservice installation (“gosodiad gwasanaeth”)\nsection 92\nstandard contract (“contract safonol”)\nsection 8\nstatutory tenancy (“tenantiaeth statudol”)\nsection 242\nsub-holder (“isddeiliad”)\nsection 59\nsub-occupation contract (“contract isfeddiannaeth”)\nsection 59\nsupplementary provision (other than in sections 255 and 256) (“darpariaeth atodol”)\nsection 23\nsupplementary term (“teler atodol”)\nsection 23\nsupported accommodation (“llety â chymorth”)\nsection 143\nsupported standard contract (“contract safonol â chymorth”)\nsection 143\ntenancy (“tenantiaeth”)\nsection 249\nurban development corporation (“corfforaeth datblygu trefol”)\nsection 243\nvariation (“amrywiad”)\nsection 247",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 253 Table 2 omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 16(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 253 table 2 inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/799), regs. 1, 5(5) (as amended by S.I. 2022/906, arts. 1(2), 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 253 substituted (7.6.2021) by Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3), s. 19(3), Sch. 6 para. 20"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/253",
    "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."
}