Group 5: Permitted payments (Amendments 9, 64)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:18 pm on 19 March 2019.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 5:18, 19 March 2019

Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Amendment 9 is a technical amendment. New subsection (3) of section 3 makes clear that a letting agent may enter into a contract for services with a landlord whereby the agent may provide lettings or property management work on the landlord's behalf, which would be required were a landlord not to be licensed by Rent Smart Wales to carry out such work.

I hope Members accept that the Bill should not intervene in the working relationship between an agent and landlord, which might otherwise have happened had we not made this amendment. This is not a complex or contentious provision to be added to the Bill, and I therefore trust Members will agree to it without issue.

I'm pleased to be able to support Leanne Wood's amendment 64, which removes any ambiguity that a Green Deal loan repayment can be made. I invite all Members to support these amendments.