Roedd y cynnig i estyn y cyfnod hysbysu di-fai i chwe mis wastad am greu safbwyntiau hynod gyferbyniol. Gan nodi safbwyntiau’r landlordiaid a’r asiantiaid hynny a ymatebodd, rwyf i wedi penderfynu bod y manteision cymdeithasol ac unigol sy’n deillio o’r estyniad yn gorbwyso’r effeithiau negyddol ar landlordiaid unigol, yn enwedig gan ystyried cyfnodau hysbysu byrrach, mis neu lai o hyd, sy’n gymwys pan fo contract wedi’i dorri. Er hynny, rwyf i hefyd yn ymwybodol na chafodd landlordiaid y cyfle i ystyried y cynnig o ran cytuno ar gontractau newydd cyn cyhoeddi’r ymgynghoriad. Serch y galwadau gan gynrychiolwyr tenantiaid i gyflwyno’r cyfnod hysbysu di-fai estynedig cyn gynted â phosibl, credaf ei fod yn briodol sicrhau rhagor o amser i landlordiaid gynllunio na fyddai cymhwyso’r newid ar 1 Rhagfyr yn ei ganiatáu iddynt. Mae hyn hefyd yn cyd-fynd â’r ymrwymiad cyffredinol a wnaethpwyd gennym o ran rhoi hysbysiad o chwe mis i faterion pwysig sy’n ymwneud â gweithredu Deddf 2016. Felly, rwyf i wedi penderfynu bwrw ymlaen â chymhwyso’r estyniad o 1 Mehefin 2023. Credaf fod hyn yn sicrhau cydbwysedd rhesymol rhwng hawliau tenantiaid a hawliau landlordiaid. I roi effaith i fy mhenderfyniad, rwyf i heddiw wedi gosodrheoliadaugerbron y Senedd. Bydd y rheoliadau hynny yn cael eu trafod cyn y daw Deddf 2016 ei hun i rym ar 1 Rhagfyr.
The proposed extension of the six-month no-fault notice period was always going to generate highly contrasting views. Whilst noting the views of those landlords and agents that responded, I have decided that the societal and individual benefits accruing from the extension outweigh the negative impact on individual landlords, particularly in view of shorter notice periods of one month or less applying where there is a breach of contract. At the same time, I am also mindful that landlords will not have had an opportunity to take the proposal into account in agreeing new contracts prior to the announcement of the consultation. Notwithstanding the calls from tenant representatives to introduce the extended no-fault notice period as soon as possible, I believe it is appropriate to allow landlords more time to plan than applying the change from 1 December would allow. This is also in keeping with the general commitment we have made to giving six months’ notice of significant matters relating to implementation of the 2016 Act. Therefore, I have decided to proceed with applying the extension from 1 June 2023. I believe this achieves a reasonable balance between the rights of tenants and those of landlords. I have today laidregulationsbefore the Senedd to give effect to my decision, and those regulations will be debated before the 2016 Act itself is implemented on 1 December.