{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Right to occupy without interference from landlord",
  "text": "(1) The landlord under an occupation contract may not, by any act or omission, interfere with the contract-holder's right to occupy the dwelling.\n(2) The landlord does not interfere with the contract-holder's right to occupy the dwelling by reasonably exercising the landlord's rights under the contract.\n(3) The landlord does not interfere with the contract-holder's right to occupy the dwelling because of a failure to comply with repairing obligations (within the meaning of section 100(2)).\n(4) The landlord is to be treated as having interfered with the contract-holder's right if a person who—\n(a) acts on behalf of the landlord, or\n(b) has an interest in the dwelling, or part of it, that is superior to the landlord's interest,\ninterferes with the contract-holder's right by any lawful act or omission.\n(5) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 54 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/54",
    "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."
}