Wales: Renting Regime – Sources

Introductory Guidance – Welsh Government

wdt_ID Title
1 Housing law is changing: Renting Homes Wales
2 Landlords: housing law is changing (Renting Homes)
3 Renting homes: frequently asked questions (landlords)
5 Tenants: housing law is changing (Renting Homes)
6 Renting homes: frequently asked questions (tenants)
7 Renting Homes: checklist for landlords and tenants
8 Video-The way you rent is changing… for tenants and landlords
9 Renting Homes Terminology (Rent Smart Wales) (pdf)
10 Renting Homes Handbook (Rent Smart Wales) (pdf)

Occupation Contracts: Guidance/templates/forms – Welsh Government

wdt_ID Title
1 Model written statements
2 Secure occupation contracts - model written statement
3 Secure occupation contracts: guidance
4 Periodic standard contracts - model written statement
5 Fixed term standard contracts - model written statement
6 Standard occupation contracts: guidance
7 Creating contracts to which model written statements do not apply: guidance (introductory standard contract, a prohibited conduct standard contract or a supported standard contract)
8 Conversion - Guidance on converting an existing tenancy or licence into an occupation contract (using a periodic standard contract as an example)
10 Renting homes: forms for landlords
11 Renting homes: forms for contract holders (tenants)
12 How landlords can get possession of an abandoned dwelling & what to do with any belongings left behind
13 Renting Homes Contract Terms (pdf) (Rent Smart Wales) (pdf)
14 Converting Tenancies/Possession of Converted Contracts (Rent Smart Wales) (pdf)

Supported Accommodation Issues – Welsh Government

wdt_ID Title
1 Supported accommodation - Guidance for landlords on extending a licence agreement before it becomes an occupation contract
2 Supported accommodation - Guidance for landlords on the short term exclusion of the contract-holder for up to 48 hours at a time
3 Supported Accommodation - Supported Standard Contract Temporary Exclusion Review Form (docx)

Fitness for human habitation: Guidance

wdt_ID Title
1 Fitness For Human Habitation Guidance: Property Conditions (Rent Smart Wales) (pdf)
2 Fitness of homes for human habitation: guidance for landlords
3 Fitness for human habitation: guidance for contract holders (tenants)

Legislation

Acts and Explanatory Notes

wdt_ID Title Y E
1 Housing (Wales) Act 2014 14 Y
2 Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 16 Y
3 Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 19 Y
4 Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 21 Y 
Y = Year
E = Explanatory Note

Statutory Instruments

wdt_ID Title Year & No
1 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 1258
2 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 1172
3 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 1166
4 The Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 1078
5 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 1077
6 The Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 1076
7 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 907
8 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 2022 No. 906
9 The Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 2022 No. 904
10 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 803
11 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Housing Association Tenancies: Fundamental Provisions) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 799
12 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 795
13 The Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 781
14 The Renting Homes (Safeguarding Property in Abandoned Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 256
15 The Renting Homes (Deposit Schemes) (Required Information) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 250
16 The Renting Homes (Review of Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 245
17 The Renting Homes (Prescribed Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 244
18 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 9A) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 143
19 The Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 28
20 The Renting Homes (Supported Standard Contracts) (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 24
21 The Renting Homes (Supplementary Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 23
22 The Renting Homes (Explanatory Information for Written Statements of Occupation Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 22
23 The Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022 2022 No. 6
24 The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Prescribed Limits of Default Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2020 2020 No. 202
25 The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Holding Deposit) (Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019 2019 No. 1493
26 The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (revoked) 2019 No. 1466
27 The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 (Transitional Provision for Assured Shorthold Tenancies) Regulations 2019 2019 No. 1151
28 The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2019 2019 No. 1150
29 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2016 2016 No. 813
Title Year & No

 

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