Fixed-term or periodic standard occupation contract

On 1 December 2022, assured shorthold tenancies were abolished in Wales due to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act. They have been replaced by standard occupation contracts.

Use this document to create either a fixed-term or a periodic standard occupation contract (also known as a written statement). It contains all the required terms and necessary explanatory information.

It's broadly based on the Welsh Assembly's model written statement, but with extra clauses and options, including:

• Break clauses
• How the contract-holder (i.e. tenant) should use, maintain and secure the property
• Access rights during the last 2 months of the contract (e.g. for viewings)
• What the contract-holder must do when the contract ends, including what happens to any property left behind
• What happens if the property is destroyed or becomes uninhabitable
• An inventory
• A guarantee

This document can be used by a landlord operating as a business entity, or by up to 4 joint landlords (who are individuals).

Note that this document can't be used for:

• A fixed-term lasting 7 years or more
• Lettings where the landlord is a registered charity, registered social landlord, local authority or other form of community landlord
• Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
• Other types of standard contracts (e.g. supported, introductory or prohibited standard contracts)
• Agricultural land
• Holiday or short-term lets
• Lets where the landlord is sharing the property
• Social housing, care institutions, asylum seekers, homeless people, employees (where the landlord is the employer) or students (where the landlord is a university or college)