Guidance on Standard Occupation Contracts for use by private landlords and letting agents in Wales

The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (‘the Act’) came into force on 01 December 2022. Standard occupation contracts have replaced most tenancies and licences in Wales. Existing tenancies and licences caught by the Act converted to standard occupation contracts automatically on 01 December 2022.

This Guidance looks at:

1. What is an occupation contract;

2. Which tenancies and licences can be occupation contracts;

3. Which tenancies and licences can never be occupation contracts;

4. The differences between a fixed term and periodic standard occupation contract;

5. What is a written statement;

6. How the model written statements are used and the terms of a model written statement;

7. Provision of information in respect of a written statement and information about the landlord; and

8. Converted contracts.

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