The Housing (Replacement of Terminated Tenancies) (Successor Landlords) (Wales) Order 2009

Nature of replacement tenancies — further provisions

5.  Paragraph 18 applies as if—

(a)in sub-paragraph (3) for “ex-landlord” there were substituted “successor landlord”; and

(b)for sub-paragraph (6) there were substituted—

“(6) The terms and conditions of a new secure tenancy which arises by virtue of paragraph 17(a), where the original tenancy was—

(a)an assured tenancy,

(b)an introductory tenancy, or

(c)a demoted tenancy

are to be treated as modified so far as necessary to reflect the fact that the new tenancy is a secure tenancy and not an assured tenancy, an introductory tenancy or a demoted tenancy (as the case may be).

(7) The terms and conditions of a new assured shorthold tenancy which arises by virtue of paragraph 17(b), where the original tenancy was—

(a)an introductory tenancy, or

(b)a demoted tenancy

are to be treated as modified so far as necessary to reflect the fact that the new tenancy is an assured shorthold tenancy and not an introductory tenancy or a demoted tenancy (as the case may be).

(8) The terms and conditions of a new assured tenancy which arises by virtue of paragraph 17(c), where the original tenancy was a secure tenancy, are to be treated as modified so far as necessary to reflect the fact that the new tenancy is an assured tenancy and not a secure tenancy.

(9) The terms and conditions of a new introductory tenancy which arises by virtue of paragraph 17(d), where the original tenancy was an assured shorthold tenancy, are to be treated as modified so far as necessary to reflect the fact that the new tenancy is an introductory tenancy and not an assured shorthold tenancy.

(10) The terms and conditions of a new demoted tenancy which arises by virtue of paragraph 17(e), where the original tenancy was a demoted tenancy to which section 143A of the Housing Act 1996 applied, are to be treated as modified so far as necessary to reflect the fact that the new tenancy is a demoted tenancy to which section 20B of the Housing Act 1988 applies and not a demoted tenancy to which section 143A of the Housing Act 1996 applies.

(11) The terms and conditions of a new demoted tenancy which arises by virtue of paragraph 17(f), where the original tenancy was a demoted tenancy to which section 20B of the Housing Act 1988 applied, are to be treated as modified so far as necessary to reflect the fact that the new tenancy is a demoted tenancy to which section 143A of the Housing Act 1996 applies and not a demoted tenancy to which section 20B of the Housing Act 1988 applies.”.