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Reading a post from David Smith recently, it seems that many Welsh landlords are using the Welsh Government’s Model Contract in an unamended form.
From 1 December 2022, new rules have come into effect in Wales. These include prescribed terms for tenancy agreements (or ‘occupation contracts’ as they are now called), which are now mandatory.
But landlords using the model contract unamended obviously don’t realise that it omits many clauses which most landlords would expect to find. Indeed I suspect landlords using the model contract will be shocked to learn that they are not there.
For example:
This is just a quick list made by looking through our Landlord Law Welsh Occupation Contract and listing some of the additional clauses we have added.
These aren’t the only ones, there are a lot more (and missing clauses is not the only problem). But these are some of the most important omitted clauses.
The Welsh Government will no doubt say that these are all matters which landlords should to add to their contracts themselves. It is not up to government to help them.
Which is fair enough, save that by calling it a ‘model contract’ they are conveying the impression that it contains everything a landlord needs.
What it actually is, in fact, is a list of all the prescribed terms which need to be included in contracts.
It might be helpful if this were made clearer.
So, if you are a Welsh landlord, please do not use an unamended model contract. You could find yourself in serious difficulty.
There are plenty of decent Welsh occupation contracts around – for example, the NRLA have them, and there is a Propertymark version, which will be used by many agents.
Needless to say, we have amended Welsh occupation contracts on Landlord Law for our members, which include all the additional clauses we consider necessary. They have also been checked over and approved by our Welsh members.
Find out more about the Landlord Law tenancy agreements and occupation contracts. You can also check out the content we have for Welsh members.
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