{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-57.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Permissible forms of dealing",
  "text": "(1) The contract-holder under an occupation contract may not deal with the occupation contract, the dwelling or any part of the dwelling except—\n(a) in a way permitted by the contract, or\n(b) in accordance with a family property order (see section 251).\n(2) A joint contract-holder may not deal with his or her rights and obligations under the occupation contract (or with the occupation contract, the dwelling or any part of the dwelling), except—\n(a) in a way permitted by the contract, or\n(b) in accordance with a family property order.\n(3) If the contract-holder does anything in breach of subsection (1), or a joint contract-holder does anything in breach of subsection (2)—\n(a) the transaction is not binding on the landlord, and\n(b) the contract-holder or joint contract-holder is in breach of the contract (despite the transaction not being binding on the landlord).\n(4) “Dealing” includes—\n(a) creating a tenancy, or creating a licence which confers the right to occupy the dwelling;\n(b) transferring;\n(c) mortgaging or otherwise charging.\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. 57 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/57",
    "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."
}