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WELSH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2007 No. 3162 (W.273)

LANDLORD AND TENANT, WALES

The Administration Charges (Summary of Rights and Obligations) (Wales) Regulations 2007

  Made 5 November 2007 
  Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 7 November 2007 
  Coming into force 30 November 2007 

The Welsh Ministers[1], in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002[2] and section 26 of the Welsh Language Act 1993[3] and now vested in them, make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application
     1. —(1) The title of these Regulations is the Administration Charges (Summary of Rights and Obligations) (Wales) Regulations 2007 and they come into force on 30 November 2007.

    (2) These Regulations apply where, on or after 30 November 2007, a demand for payment of an administration charge[
4] is served in relation to a dwelling[5] in Wales.

Form and content of summary of rights and obligations
     2. The summary of rights and obligations which must accompany a demand for the payment of an administration charge must be legible in a typewritten or printed form of at least 10 point, and must contain—


Jocelyn Davies
Under authority of the Minister for the Environment Sustainability and Housing, one of the Welsh Ministers

5 November 2007



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations prescribe the content of the summary of tenants' rights and obligations relating to administration charges which must accompany any demand for such charges made by a landlord. The Regulations also make provision for minor matters in respect of the form of the summary.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations. Copies may be obtained from the Welsh Assembly Government, Housing Directorate, Private Sector Unit, Rhydycar, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1UZ (telephone 01685 729181), or
[email protected].


Notes:

[1] The powers conferred by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c.15) are exercisable, by the appropriate national authority. "Appropriate national authority" is defined in section 179(1) of that Act and means in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales. By virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), those functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.back

[2] 2002 c. 15.back

[3] 1993 c.38.back

[4] For the meaning of "administration charge", see paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.back

[5] For the meaning of "dwelling", see section 38 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c. 70).back



Cymraeg (Welsh)



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 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 13 November 2007


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