# Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, Section 54B: Right to claim benefits


(1) The landlord under an occupation contract must not prohibit the contract-holder from being a benefits claimant within the meaning given by section 8J of the Renting Homes (Fees, Discrimination etc.) (Wales) Act 2019.
(2) This section is a fundamental provision which is incorporated as a term of all occupation contracts, unless the landlord or a superior landlord is insured under a contract of insurance—
(a) to which section 8H of the Renting Homes (Fees, Discrimination etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 does not apply, and
(b) which contains a term which makes provision (however expressed) requiring the insured to prohibit the contract-holder from claiming payments mentioned in subsection (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/54B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-54B
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