English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I understand Leanne Wood's enthusiasm to commence the Bill as soon as possible and I share it. However, commencing the Bill by 1 June is just unrealistic. If the Bill is passed by the Assembly next week as scheduled, we cannot expect Royal Assent until the start of May at the earliest, following completion of the 28-day period of intimation. The date proposed by Leanne Wood will allow a few weeks for us to prepare and make the regulations under section 20 of the Bill, making transitional provisions so that the Bill works with current housing law. Members will be aware that the Bill uses the terminology of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016. This will need to be amended until the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 comes into force. We have started work on the section 20 transitional regulations and aim to have them ready by the end of the summer. However, the work preparing the regulations is not straightforward and cannot be guaranteed to be completed in time for us to commence the Act by 1 June. Neither does the amendment take any account of the unprecedented level of subordinate legislation being made on account of the European Union withdrawal and the fact that legislation necessary to implement the Act will need to progress in the light of that challenge. There would also be very little time for us to engage with tenants, landlords and agents about the impending changes, which would inevitably lead to a disorderly implementation of the Act. It would also fall foul of the convention, which is a minimum two-month period between Royal Assent and commencement, save in exceptional circumstances. This awareness raising was considered to be very important during Stage 1 scrutiny. By comparison, there are four months between Royal Assent and implementation of the UK Government's Tenant Fees Act 2019. I expect the Bill's commencement to be ahead of the 2019 academic term, and give my assurance that we will commence at the earliest possible opportunity. On the basis of these arguments, I urge Members to reject amendments 60 and 61.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n deall brwdfrydedd Leanne Wood i gychwyn y Bil cyn gynted â phosibl, ac rwy'n ei rannu. Fodd bynnag, mae cychwyn y Bil erbyn 1 Mehefin yn afrealistig. Os caiff y Bil ei basio gan y Cynulliad yr wythnos nesaf fel sydd ar yr amserlen, ni allwn ddisgwyl Cydsyniad Brenhinol tan ddechrau mis Mai ar y cynharaf, yn dilyn cwblhau cyfnod hysbysu o 28 diwrnod. Bydd y dyddiad a gynigir gan Leanne Wood yn caniatáu ychydig o wythnosau i ni baratoi a gwneud rheoliadau o dan adran 20 o'r Bil, gan wneud darpariaethau trosiannol er mwyn i'r Bil weithio gyda'r gyfraith tai bresennol. Bydd yr Aelodau yn ymwybodol bod y Bil yn defnyddio terminoleg Deddf Rhentu Cartrefi (Cymru) 2016. Bydd angen diwygio hon tan i Ddeddf Rhentu Cartrefi (Cymru) 2016 ddod i rym. Rydym wedi dechrau gwaith ar reoliadau trosiannol adran 20 a'n nod yw eu cael yn barod erbyn diwedd yr haf. Fodd bynnag, nid yw'r gwaith o baratoi rheoliadau yn rhwydd ac ni ellir gwarantu eu cwblhau mewn pryd i ni gychwyn y Ddeddf erbyn 1 Mehefin. Nid yw'r gwelliant ychwaith yn ystyried nifer digynsail yr is-ddeddfwriaeth sy'n cael ei gwneud yn sgil ymadael â'r Undeb Ewropeaidd a'r ffaith y bydd angen i ddeddfwriaeth sy'n angenrheidiol i weithredu'r Ddeddf ddatblygu yng ngoleuni'r her honno. Ychydig iawn o amser hefyd a fyddai ar gael i ni ymgysylltu â thenantiaid, landlordiaid ac asiantau am y newidiadau arfaethedig, a fyddai'n anochel yn arwain at weithredu'r Ddeddf mewn modd anhrefnus. Byddai hefyd yn mynd yn groes i'r confensiwn, sef cyfnod o ddau fis o leiaf rhwng y Cydsyniad Brenhinol a chychwyn y Ddeddf, ac eithrio mewn amgylchiadau eithriadol. Ystyriwyd y codi ymwybyddiaeth hyn yn bwysig iawn yn ystod gwaith craffu Cyfnod 1. Mewn cymhariaeth, mae pedwar mis rhwng Cydsyniad Brenhinol a gweithredu Deddf Ffioedd Tenantiaid Llywodraeth y DU 2019. Rwy'n disgwyl i'r Bil gychwyn cyn tymor academaidd 2019, ac rwy'n sicrhau y byddwn yn ei gychwyn ar y cyfle cynharaf posibl. Ar sail y dadleuon hyn, anogaf yr Aelodau i wrthod gwelliannau 60 a 61.