{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rtm-companies-model-articles-wales-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/126",
  "legislation_title": "The RTM Companies (Model Articles) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rtm-companies-model-articles-wales-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the RTM Companies (Model Articles) (Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "text": "(1) The RTM Companies (Model Articles) (Wales) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 1 (articles of association of an RTM company)—\n(a) in article 1 (defined terms)—\n(i) after the definition of “immediate landlord”, insert—\n““lease” means a long lease within the meaning of sections 76 and 77 of the 2002 Act;”;\n(ii) in the definition of “qualifying tenant”, for “72” substitute “75”;\n(b) in article 33(3) (voting: general)—\n(i) for sub-paragraph (f) substitute—\n“(f) any person who is not otherwise entitled to any votes is entitled to one vote if that person is—\n(i) the freeholder of the Premises,\n(ii) a landlord under a lease or leases of the whole or any part of the Premises, and\n(iii) a member of the company;”;\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (f), insert—\n“(g) the votes exercisable by landlords under leases of the whole or any part of the Premises must be capped at one third of the votes exercisable by qualifying tenants.”\n(3) In Schedule 2 (erthyglau cymdeithasu cwmni RTM)—\n(a) in article 1 (diffinio termau)—\n(i) after the definition of “landlord uniongyrchol”, insert—\n“ystyr “les” yw les hir o fewn ystyr “long lease” yn adrannau 76 a 77 o Ddeddf 2002;”;\n(ii) in the definition of “tenant cymwys”, for “72” substitute “75”;\n(b) in article 33(3) (pleidleisio: cyffredinol)—\n(i) for sub-paragraph (dd) substitute—\n“(dd) mae gan unrhyw berson nad oes ganddo hawl fel arall i unrhyw bleidleisiau yr hawl i un bleidlais os yw’r person hwnnw—\n(i) yn rhydd-ddeiliad y Fangre,\n(ii) yn landlord o dan les neu lesoedd o’r cyfan neu unrhyw ran o’r Fangre, a\n(iii) yn aelod o’r cwmni;”;\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (dd), insert—\n“(e) rhaid i’r pleidleisiau sy’n arferadwy gan landlordiaid o dan lesoedd o’r cyfan neu unrhyw ran o’r Fangre gael eu capio ar draean o’r pleidleisiau sy’n arferadwy gan denantiaid cymwys.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2011/2680 (W. 286)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 76 was amended by section 81 of, and paragraph 64 of Schedule 8 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33). Section 77 was amended by section 81 of, and paragraph 65 of Schedule 8 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sections 75 and 112(4) and (5) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 define “qualifying tenant” of a flat."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/126/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:58:38.012406+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."
}