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Contract-holder’s notice to end a periodic standard occupation contract (Wales)
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For a contract-holder in Wales who rents from a private landlord on a periodic standard occupation contract and wants to move out. Under sections 168 and 169 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 you give the landlord written notice of the date you will give up possession, at least four weeks after the day the landlord receives it — not England’s two months. The contract ends on that date if you leave by then. The notice asks for a check-out and the return of your deposit and gives your new address. Send it first class with a free certificate of posting, and by email too.
- Made for use in Wales
- Last updated October 28, 2026
- Document in English
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When to use this document
- You rent privately in Wales and want to tell your landlord you are moving out.
- You have found a new place and need to give notice on your occupation contract.
- You are not sure how much notice a contract-holder in Wales has to give.
- You want a written notice with your leaving date and a request for your deposit back.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Contract-holder (full name)
- Contract-holder's address (the rented home)
- Town or city
- Contract-holder's postcode
- Date
- Landlord
- Landlord's address
- Landlord's postcode
- Date you will give up possession of the home
- Other joint contract-holders also giving this notice (optional)
- Your address after you move out (optional)
Common questions
- How much notice does a contract-holder in Wales give to leave a periodic contract?
- At least four weeks, counted from the day the landlord receives the notice (section 169 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016) — not England’s two months. The notice must be in writing and give the date you will leave. Rent is due up to that date. Shelter Cymru and Citizens Advice Wales explain the rules free.
- What happens if I have not moved out by the date in my notice in Wales?
- The contract ends on that date only if you give up possession by then (section 168). If you stay on, the contract does not end: within two months of the date the landlord may give you a possession notice and then ask the court for possession on the strength of your notice (sections 170 and 171). If your plans change, agree any new date with the landlord in writing before the date passes.
- Does this notice work for a fixed-term or a joint occupation contract in Wales?
- A fixed-term standard contract ends at its end date, or earlier only under a break clause it contains, so this notice is not the document for it. Where you share the contract, the notice ends it only if every joint contract-holder gives it, so all of you sign; a notice from only some of you takes effect as their withdrawal from the contract, which goes on for the others (section 130). You may write to your landlord in Welsh.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
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