Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

Circumstances of contract-holder and other occupiersE+W

4(1)The probable effect of the transaction on—E+W

(a)the parties to the transaction, and

(b)any other person who occupies, or as a result of the transaction will occupy, the dwelling affected by the transaction as a home.

(2)The financial interests of the contract-holder; but this sub-paragraph does not apply (subject to the contract-holder's Convention rights) if the occupation contract is a secure contract and the landlord is a community landlord.

5(1)The conduct of the contract-holder (including, in particular, whether he or she is or has been in breach of the occupation contract).E+W

(2)Whether, if the landlord asked the contract-holder for information to enable the landlord to deal with the request for consent, the contract-holder provided that information.

6E+WIf the contract-holder is in breach of the occupation contract when he or she requests the landlord's consent to the transaction, it is reasonable for the landlord to impose a condition that—

(a)the landlord's consent is to take effect only after the contract-holder ceases to be in breach, or

(b)despite anything in this Act or the occupation contract the person, or all the persons, who will be contract-holders after the transaction are to be liable in respect of the breach.