Consumer Rights Act 2015I135
1
The Consumer Rights Act 2015149 is amended as follows.
2
In section 83150 (duty of letting agents to publicise fees etc), in subsection (4)(b)—
a
after “tenants”, insert “or contract-holders”
;
b
after “tenant”, insert “or contract-holder”
;
c
after “tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”
.
3
In section 86 (letting agency work and property management work)—
a
in subsection (1)(a)—
i
after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”
;
ii
after “such a tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”
;
b
in subsection (1)(b)—
i
after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”
;
ii
after “such a tenancy”, insert “or occupation contract”
;
c
in subsection (4)(b) after “assured tenancy”, insert “or an occupation contract”
.
4
In section 88 (supplementary provisions)—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, insert—
“contract-holder” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act) and includes a person who proposes to be a contract-holder under an occupation contract because the occupation contract has come to an end;
“occupation contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 7 of that Act) except where—
- a
the landlord is—
- i
a private registered provider of social housing,
- ii
a registered social landlord, or
- iii
a fully mutual housing association, or
- b
the tenancy is a long lease;
ii
in the definition of “landlord”, after “tenancy”, in each place it occurs, insert “or an occupation contract”
;
iii
in the definition of “long lease”, for paragraphs (a) and (b), substitute—
a
in relation to England—
i
is a long lease for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), or
ii
in the case of a shared ownership lease (within the meaning given by section 7(7) of that Act), would be a lease within sub-paragraph (a)(i) of this definition if the tenant’s total share (within the meaning given by that section) were 100%;
b
in relation to Wales, falls within the definition of “long tenancy” given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1).
b
in subsection (3), after “tenancy”, in each place it occurs, insert “or occupation contract”
.