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Rent Act 1977

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Publication 1977-07-29

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(26) For the purposes of this Act, any land or premises let together with a dwelling-house shall, if the original rateable value of the land or premises let separately would be less than one-quarter of the original rateable value of the dwelling-house, be treated as part of the dwelling-house ; and for the purpose of this subsection "the original rateable value" means the value which, before 8th June 1968, was the rateable value for the purposes of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act 1920

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If, immediately before 8th June 1968, a dwelling-house was let on or subject to a controlled tenancy within the meaning of the Rent Act 1957 and, for the purpose of determining that the controlled tenancy was not excluded from the Act of 1920 by virtue of section 12(7) of that Act (tenancies at less than two-thirds of rateable value), the expression " rateable value " fell to be construed in accordance with paragraph (e) of section 12(1) of the Act of 1920 as originally enacted (and not in accordance with the substituted paragraph set out in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1939) then, in relation to that controlled tenancy, for paragraph (a) of section 17(2) of this Act there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

(a) the rent payable under the tenancy is not less than two-thirds of the value which, before the commencement of this Act, was the rateable value of the dwelling-house for the purposes of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act 1920.

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In this Schedule "the Act of 1920" means the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act 1920 and " the Act of 1939 " means the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act 1939.

Controlled tenancies of dwelling-houses over 1965 limits of rateable value

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If the rateable value of a dwelling-house on 23rd March 1965 exceeded £400, if it is in Greater London or £200, if it is elsewhere but the rateable value (determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to this Act) of that dwelling-house on 7th November 1956 did not exceed £40, if it was in the metropolitan police district or the City of London or £30, if it was elsewhere, then no account shall be taken of section 4 of this Act in determining whether the dwelling-house is let on or subject to a controlled tenancy.

SCHEDULE 23

Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 (c. 36)

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Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)

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In section 4(2) of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951—

(a) for the words from “to which” to “Acts apply” substitute “ let on or subject to a protected tenancy or statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(b) for the words from “paragraph (a)” to “1933” substitute “ Case 1 in Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 ”.

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In section 15 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951—

(a) in subsection (1), for “section 70(1) of the Rent Act 1968”, “section 78 of the Rent Act 1968” and “said section 78” substitute respectively “ section 19(2) of the Rent Act 1977 ”“section 104 of the Rent Act 1977” and “said section 104”;

(b) in subsection (2)(c), for the words from “to which” to “Acts apply” substitute “ let on or subject to a protected tenancy or statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(d) in subsection (5), for the words from “the operation” to the end, substitute “ being a restricted contract (within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977) by paragraph 17 of Schedule 24 to that Act ”.

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In section 16 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951—

(a) in subsection (1), for “Part II of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Part VII of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(b) in subsection (2)(a), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ” and for the words from “paragraphs (a)” to “section 1” substitute “ section 4(2) ”;

(c) in subsection (2)(b), for the words from “subsection” to the end substitute “ section 14 or 15(2)(b) of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(d) in subsection (2)(c), for the words from “subsection (5)” to “1968” substitute “ subsection (3) of section 15 of the Rent Act 1977 ” and for “(6)” substitute “ (4) ”;

(e) in subsection (2)(d), for the words from “paragraph (a)” to “1968” substitute “ section 5(1) of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(f) in subsection (2)(e), for the words from “paragraph (d)” to the end, substitute “ section 10 of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

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In section 17 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 for “section 102 of the Rent Act 1968” and “said section 102” substitute respectively “ section 22 of the Rent Act 1977 ” and “ said section 22 ”.

6

In section 18(1) of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 for “Part II of the Rent Act 1968” and “the Rent Act 1968” substitute respectively “ Part VII of the Rent Act 1977 ” and “ the Rent Act 1977 ”.

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In section 19 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951—

(a) in subsection (1), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(b) in subsection (5), for “Part VIII of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Part X of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

8

In section 20 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951—

(a) in subsection (1), for “Schedule 3 to the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(b) in subsection (2), for “Case 7 in the said Schedule 3” and “Part II of the Rent Act 1968” substitute respectively “ Case 8 in the said Schedule 15 ” and “ Part VII of the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(c) in subsection (3), for “Schedule 3” and “section 10(1) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute respectively “ Schedule 15 ” and “ section 98(1) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

9

In section 22 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951—

(a) in subsection (1), for “Part II, Part III or Part IV of the Rent Act 1968” and “Part VI” substitute, respectively, “ Part III, IV or VII of the Rent Act 1977 ” and “ Part V ”; and

(b) in subsection (3A), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”.

10

In section 23 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951—

(a) in the definition of “agricultural land”, for “section 1(2) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 26 of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(b) in the definitions of “landlord”, and “statutory tenancy”, and in subsection (3) for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute, in each case, “ the Rent Act 1977 ”.

Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954 (c. 53)

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Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56)

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In section 2(5) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (as originally enacted), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “ for the purposes of this subsection the rateable value of the property is that which would be taken as its rateable value for the purposes of section 5 of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

13

In section 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, at the end add the following subsection—

(7) In determining whether a long tenancy is, or at any time was, a tenancy at a low rent there shall be disregarded such part (if any) of the sums payable by the tenant as is expressed (in whatever terms) to be payable in respect of rates, services, repairs, maintenance, or insurance, unless it could not have been regarded by the parties as a part so payable. In this section “long tenancy” does not include a tenancy which is, or may become, terminable before the end of the term by notice given to the tenant.

14

In section 10(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, for “Schedule 3” substitute “ Schedule 15 ”.

15

In section 12(1)(b) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 for “Cases 1 to 8 in Schedule 3” substitute “ Cases 1 to 9 in Schedule 15 ”.

16

In section 22(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, in the definition of “the Rent Act” for “the Rent Act 1968” and “Parts II to VI” substitute, respectively, “ the Rent Act 1977 ” and “ Parts II to V ”.

17

In section 40(5) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, for the words from “the Rent” to “1939” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”.

18

In section 43(1)(c) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, for “section 9(3) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 24(2) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

19

In paragraph 17 of Schedule 1, and in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1977, for “Schedule 3” substitute, in each case, “ Schedule 15 ”.

20

In Schedule 3 to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, in paragraph 2, for “Schedule 3” and “section 10(1)(a)” substitute respectively “ Schedule 15 ” and “ section 98(1)(a) ”.

Requisitioned Houses and Housing (Amendment) Act 1955 (c. 24)

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Housing Act 1957 (c. 56)

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23

In section 68(2) of the Housing Act 1957 for " the Rent Act 1968" substitute, in each case, " the Rent Act 1977 " and for " paragraph 1 of Part IV of Schedule 3 to " substitute " paragraph 3 of Schedule 15 to ".

24

In section 73(4) of the Housing Act 1957, for "the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " the Rent Act 1977 ".

25

In section 104(3) of the Housing Act 1957, in paragraph (b) (as it applies to conditions imposed before 8th December 1965), for "Schedule 13 to the Rent Act 1968" substitute " Schedule 21 to the Rent Act 1977 ".

26

In section 158 of the Housing Act 1957, for " the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " the Rent Act 1977 ".

27

In Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1957, in paragraph 7(2) for " the Rent Act 1968 ", in the definition of " interest", substitute " the Rent Act 1977 ".

Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 (c. 42)

28

In section 46 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), as it applies to conditions imposed before 8th December 1965, for "section 110 of or Schedule 13 to the Rent Act 1968" substitute " section 145 of, or Schedule 21 to, the Rent Act 1977 "; and

(b) in subsection (2A) for " section 10A of the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " section 99 of the Rent Act 1977 ".

County Courts Act 1959 (c. 22)

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30

In section 109(4) of the County Courts Act 1959, for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute:—

(b) section 98 of the Rent Act 1977 as it applies to Cases 1 to 9 in Schedule 15 to that Act, or that section as extended or applied by any other document; (c) section 99 of the Rent Act 1977, as it applies to Cases 1 to 7 and Case 9 in Schedule 15 to that Act; or

Landlord and Tenant Act 1962 (c. 50)

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32

In section 5 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1962, for " the said section 107 " substitute " section 149 of the Rent Act 1977 ".

Housing Act 1964 (c. 56)

33

In section 34(3) of the Housing Act 1964, for " the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " the Rent Act 1977 ".

34

In section 74(2) of the Housing Act 1964, for " the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " the Rent Act 1977 ".

35

In section 75 of the Housing Act 1964—

(a) in subsection (3), for " Section 5 of the Rent Act 1968, that section" and "Act of 1968" substitute, respectively, " Sections 14 to 16 of the Rent Act 1977, those sections " and " Act of 1977 " ; and

(b) in subsection (3A), for " the Rent Act 1968 " and " Act of 1968" substitute respectively " the Rent Act 1977 " and " Act of 1977 ".

36

In section 81(3) of the Housing Act 1964, for " section 69 of the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " section 76 of the Rent Act 1977 ".

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38

In Schedule 4 to the Housing Act 1964, in paragraph 2, for "paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 2 to the Rent Act 1968" substitute " section 17(1)(b) of the Rent Act 1977 ".

New Towns Act 1965 (c. 59)

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Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 (c. 75)

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Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88)

42

In sections 1(4) and 4(1)(a) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, for “section 6(3) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute, in each case, “ section 25(3) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

43

In section 16(1)(d) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, for “Part II of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Part VII of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

44

In section 37(6) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, for “Sections 6(1), (2) and (4) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Section 25(1), (2) and (4) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

45

In Schedule 2 to the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, in paragraph 3(2) for “subsection (2) of section 18 of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ subsection (2) of section 137 of the Rent Act 1977 ”, and in paragraph 3(3) for “Part II of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Part VII of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

46

In Schedule 5 to the Leasehold Reform Act 1967—

(a) in paragraphs 3(1) and (2) and 4(1), (2) and (5), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute, in each case, “ the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(b) in paragraph 3(2)(b), for “section 22(1)” substitute “ section 45(2) ”;

(d) in paragraph 4(2), for “section 48” substitute “ section 72 ”;

(e) in paragraph 4(3), for “section 22(2)(b) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 45(2)(b) of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(f) in paragraph 4(4), for “section 46(1) of the Rent Act 1968” susbtitute “ section 70(1) of the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(g) in paragraph 6(5), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(h) in paragraph 7(1)(b), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(i) for paragraph 10, substitute—

(10) (1) Section 74(2) of the Rent Act 1977 (which confers power by regulations to modify certain provisions of Part IV of that Act) shall apply also to this Schedule in so far as it affects section 67 or 72 of, or Schedule 11 to, that Act. (2) In so far as they relate to the Rent Act 1977, section 39 of this Act and this Schedule shall have effect subject to section 153 of that Act (which confers power to adapt that Act in its application to the Isles of Scilly) as if those provisions of this Act were contained in that Act.

Housing Act 1969 (c. 33)

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48

In paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 5 to the Housing Act 1969, in the definition of " interest", for " the Rent Act 1968" substitute " the Rent Act 1977 ".

Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40)

49

In section 28 of the Fire Precautions Act 1971—

(a) in subsections (2) and (5)(b), for “section 12 of the Rent Act 1977” substitute “ section 3 of the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(b) in subsection (4), for “the Rent Act 1977” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”.

50

In section 34 of the Fire Precautions Act 1971, for the words from the beginning to “Part III of that Schedule” substitute “ The provisions of Part III of the Schedule to this Act ”.

Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56)

51

In Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, in paragraph 63, at the end add “ or section 63 of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

Housing Finance Act 1972 (c. 47)

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53

In section 25(6) of the Housing Finance Act 1972 for " the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " Rent Act 1977 ".

54

In section 26(1) of the Housing Finance Act 1972—

(a) in the definition of " dwelling ", for " Part VI of the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " Part V of the Rent Act 1977 ";

(b) in the definition of " landlord " for " the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " the Rent Act 1977 " :

(d) after the definition of " rebate scheme " insert:—

' restricted letting ' means a contract which is a restricted contract for the purposes of the Rent Act 1977, or would be a restricted contract but for section 19(5)(b) or (c) thereof

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(e) in the definition of "sub-let", for "the Rent Act 1968" substitute " the Rent Act 1977 "; and

(f) in the definition of "tenant", in paragraph (d), for "Part VI letting " substitute " restricted letting ".

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57

In paragraph 14A of Schedule 4 to the Housing Finance Act 1972—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for " the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " the Rent Act 1977 "; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (4), for " section 40 of the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " section 63 of the Rent Act 1977 ";

Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 (c. 62)

58

In section 24 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972, for “those Cases” substitute “ that Case ”.

Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26)

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Housing Act 1974 (c. 44)

60

(1) In section 31(1) of the Housing Act 1974, in paragraph (b) after " 1972 " insert " Part VI of the Rent Act 1977 " and in paragraph (c) after " Part VIII ' insert " or Part VI ".

(2) In section 32(1) of the Housing Act 1974, for the words from " falling " to " 18(1) above " substitute " which is for the time being specified in an order made by the Secretary of State under section 80 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 or paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975 ".

61

In section 47(6) of the Housing Act 1974 for paragraph (c) substitute:—

(c) consisting of the grant of a protected tenancy or the entering into of a restricted contract, within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977; or

62

In section 74(2) of the Housing Act 1974, in paragraphs (a), (d) and (f) for " Part VI" substitute, in each case, " restricted ".

63

In section 74(4) of the Housing Act 1974—

(a) for the definition of "Part VI contract" substitute " ' restricted contract' has the same meaning as in section 19 of the Rent Act 1977 ; ";

(b) for " Part VII", in the definition of a premium, substitute " Part IX ";

(c) in paragraph (b) of the definition of a registered rent, for " Part VI " and " section 74 " substitute respectively " restricted " and " section 79 " ; and

(d) in the definition of the relevant day, for " Part VI" substitute " restricted ".

64

In section 99(2)(f) of the Housing Act 1974, for " section 5(3) of the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " section 15(5) of the Rent Act 1977 ".

65

In section 104(1) of the Housing Act 1974, in the definition of an occupying tenant, for " the Rent Act 1968 ", in paragraph (b), substitute " the Rent Act 1977 " and for paragraph (c) substitute:—

(c) occupies the dwelling as a residence under a restricted contract within the meaning of section 19 of the Rent Act 1977 ; or

66

In section 122(8), and in the definition of a statutory tenant in section 125(2), of the Housing Art 1974, for "the Rent Act 1968 " substitute, in each case, " the Rent Act 1977 ".

Rent Act 1974 (c. 51)

67

In section 17(6) of the Rent Act 1974, for the words from the beginning to “do not extend” substitute “ Section 11 of this Act does not extend ”.

68

In Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1974—

(a) in paragraph 4 for “Part VI”, in sub-paragraph (1), substitute “ Part VII ” and omit sub-paragraph (2);

(b) in paragraph 5(2) for “each of the cases referred to in sub-paragaph (1) above” and “the case in question” substitute, in each case, “ Case 11 ”, and omit from “section 79” to “case may be”.

Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975 (c. 6)

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70

In Schedule 1 to the Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975, in paragraph 15(4), for " Schedule 5 to the Rent Act 1968 " substitute " Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 ".

Community Land Act 1975 (c. 77)

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Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (c. 80)

72

In section 4(5) of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, for “section 3(2) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 2(3) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

73

In section 5 of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976—

(a) in subsection (3)(f), for “section 5(3) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 15(5) of the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(b) in subsection (4), for “section 5(6) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 15(4) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

74

In section 9 of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976—

(a) in subsection (1), for “the Rent Act 1968” and “section 10(1) or 10A(2)” substitute respectively “ the Rent Act 1977 ” and “ section 98 or 99(2) ”; and

(b) in subsections (4)(b) and (5) for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute, in each case, “ the Rent Act 1977 ”.

75

In section 13 of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976—

(a) in subsections (1) and (2), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute, in each case, “ the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(b) in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

(a) sections 67 and 70. (b) section 71, except subsection (3), and (c) Part I of Schedule 11.

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(c) in subsection (3), for the words from “sections 44A” to the end substitute “ sections 68, 69, 71(3), 72 or 73 of the Rent Act 1977 or Part II of Schedule 11 or Schedule 7 of that Act ”;

(d) in subsection (5), for “subsection (3A) of section 44 of the Rent Act 1968” and “section 44” substitute, respectively, “ subsection (4) of section 67 of the Rent Act 1977 ” and “ section 67 ”; and

(e) in subsection (7), for “section 44(3) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 67(3) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

76

In section 15(4) of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, for “section 47(4) of the rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 71(4) of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

77

In sections 19, 27(2) and 33(3), and in the definition of “tenancy at a low rate” in section 34(1), of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute, in each case, “ the Rent Act 1977 ”.

78

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

(b) if the provisions of Part I of the Rent Act 1977 relating to exceptions to the definition of “protected tenancy” were modified as mentioned in paragraph 3 below,

79

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976—

(a) for “the Rent Act 1968”, in sub-paragraph (a), substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(b) for “section 2 of that Act”, in sub-paragraph (b), substitute “ the provisions of that Act mentioned in paragraph 1(b) above ”.

80

For paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 substitute—

(3) —(1)For the purposes of this Schedule the modifications of Part I of the Rent Act 1977 are as follows. (2) Omit sections 5 (tenancies at low rents) and 10 (tenancy of a dwelling-house comprised in any agricultural holding etc.). (3) For section 7 (payments for board or attendance) substitute:— (7) (1) A tenancy is not a protected tenancy if it is a bona fide term of the tenancy that the landlord provides the tenant with board or attendance. (2) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that meals provided in the course of a person’s employment in agriculture do not constitute board for the purposes of this section; and a term that the landlord provides the tenant with attendance shall not be taken to be a bona fide term for those purposes unless, having regard to its value to the tenant, the attendance is substantial.

81

In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976—

(a) for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(b) for “section 4”, “section 5”, “section 5A” and “section 6” substitute, respectively, “ section 13 ” , “ sections 14 to 16 ”, “ section 12 ” and “ section 25 ”.

82

In Schedule 4 to the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976—

(a) in paragraph 2(a), for “the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ the Rent Act 1977 ”;

(b) in paragraph 2(b), for “Part II of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Part VII of the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(c) in Case X, for “Part III, Part V or Part VI of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Part II, Part III or Part V of the Rent Act 1977 ”.

83

In Schedule 5 to the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976, in sub-paragraphs (3) and (6) of paragraph 11, for “Schedule 4 to the Rent Act 1968” substitute, in each case, “ Schedule 5 to the Rent Act 1977 ”.

84

In Schedule 6 to the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976—

(a) in paragraph 2(b), for “section 47(4) of the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ section 71(4) of the Rent Act 1977 ”; and

(b) in paragraph 5, for “Schedule 6 to the Rent Act 1968” substitute “ Schedule 11 to the Rent Act 1977 ”.

SCHEDULE 24

General transitional provisions

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(1) In so far as anything done, or having effect as if done, under an enactment repealed by this Act could have been done under a corresponding provision in this Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeal but shall have effect as if done under that provision.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above applies, in particular, to any regulation, order, scheme, agreement, dissent, election, application, reference, representation, appointment or apportionment made, notice served, certificate issued, statement supplied, undertaking or direction given or rent registered.

(3) Subject to this Schedule, any document made, served or issued before the passing of this Act or at any time thereafter (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) and containing a reference to an enactment repealed by this Act, or having effect as if containing such a reference, shall, except in so far as a contrary intention appears, be construed as referring, or as the context requires, as including a reference, to the corresponding provision of this Act.

(4) Where a period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision thereof had been in force when that period began to run.

(5) Nothing in this Act shall affect the enactments repealed thereby in their operation in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this Act.

(6) A conviction for an offence under an enactment repealed by this Act shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a conviction of an offence under the corresponding provision of this Act.

(7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any reference in any document or enactment to a dwelling-house which is let on or subject to a protected or statutory tenancy (including any reference which immediately before the commencement of this Act, was to be construed as such a reference by virtue of paragraph 5 of Schedule 16 to the Rent Act 1968) shall be construed, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, as a reference to a dwelling-house let on or subject to a protected or statutory tenancy within the meaning of this Act.

(8) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any reference in any document or enactment to a Part VI contract (within the meaning of Part VI of the Rent Act 1968) shall be construed, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, as a reference to a restricted contract.

Existing statutory tenants

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(1) If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a person (the “existing statutory tenant”) was a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house by virtue of any enactment repealed by this Act (a “repealed enactment”) that person shall, on the commencement of this Act, be a statutory tenant of the dwelling-house for the purposes of this Act.

(2) If, immediately before the existing statutory tenant became a statutory tenant, he was a tenant of the dwelling-house under a tenancy then, for the purposes of this Act, he shall be the statutory tenant by virtue of his previous protected tenancy.

(3) If the existing statutory tenant became a statutory tenant on the death of a person who was himself a tenant or statutory tenant of the dwelling-house then, for the purposes of this Act, the existing statutory tenant shall be a statutory tenant by succession; and, unless he became a statutory tenant by virtue of section 13 of the Rent Act 1965, or paragraph 6 or 7 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1968, he shall be deemed to be the first successor within the meaning of Schedule 1 to this Act.

(4) If the existing statutory tenant became a statutory tenant by virtue of an exchange under section 17 of the Rent Act 1957 or section 14 of the Rent Act 1968 then, for the purposes of this Act, he shall be deemed to be the statutory tenant by virtue of his previous protected tenancy or, as the case may be, a statutory tenant by succession, if immediately before the commencement of this Act he was so deemed for the purposes of the Rent Act 1968.

(5) If, by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) above, the existing statutory tenant is for the purposes of this Act a statutory tenant by succession, he shall be deemed to be the first successor, within the meaning of Schedule 1 to this Act if, and only if, the person who was a statutory tenant immediately before the date of exchange was not a statutory tenant by virtue of section 13 of the Rent Act 1965 or paragraph 6 or 7 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1968.

(6) Without prejudice to the case where by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) or (5) above, the existing statutory tenant is deemed to be a statutory tenant by succession but is not deemed to be the first successor, within the meaning of Schedule 1 to this Act, paragraphs 5 to 7 of that Schedule shall not apply where the existing statutory tenant, or the person on whose death he became a statutory tenant, became a statutory tenant by virtue of an exchange under section 17 of the Rent Act 1957 or section 14 of the Rent Act 1968.

3

(1) A person who, at any time before the commencement of this Act, became a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house by virtue of—

(a) section 12(10) of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act 1920 (under which workmen housed in certain dwelling-houses taken over by the Government during the 1914-18 war were to be treated as tenants of the landlords of those houses); and

(b) section 4 of the Requisitioned Houses and Housing (Amendment) Act 1955 (under which certain requisitioned dwelling-houses were returned to their owners on condition that the owners accepted the existing licenseees as statutory tenants),

(and not by way of succession to a previous statutory tenancy) shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as having become the statutory tenant of that dwelling-house on the expiry of a protected tenancy thereof.

(2) A person who, on or after the commencement of the Rent Act 1965, retained possession of a dwelling-house by virtue of section 20 of that Act (which made transitional provisions in relation to tenancies which expired before the commencement of that Act) shall be deemed to have done so under a statutory tenancy arising on the termination of a tenancy which was a regulated tenancy, and the terms as to rent and otherwise of that tenancy shall be deemed to have been the same, subject to any variation specified by the court, as those of the tenancy mentioned in subsection (1) of that section (that is to say, the tenancy which ended before the commencement of the Rent Act 1965 but which would have been a regulated tenancy if that Act had then been in force).

4

A statutory tenancy subsisting at the commencement of this Act under section 4 of the Requisitioned Houses and Housing (Amendment) Act 1955 shall be treated, for the purposes of this Act—

(a) as a regulated tenancy if, by virtue of section 10 of the Rent Act 1965, it fell to be treated as a regulated tenancy after 31st March 1966; and

(b) in any other case, as a controlled tenancy.

Tenancies which ended before passing of Counter-Inflation Act 1973 (c. 9)

5

(1) This paragraph applies where the tenancy of a dwelling-house came to an end at a time before 22nd March 1973 and the tenancy would have been a regulated tenancy, for the purposes of the Rent Act 1968, if section 14 of the Counter-Inflation Act 1973 had been in force at that time.

(2) If the tenant under the tenancy which came to an end duly retained possession of the dwelling-house after 22nd March 1973 without any order for possession having been made, or after the rescission of such an order, he shall be deemed to have done so under a statutory tenancy arising on the termination of the tenancy which came to an end and, subject to sub-paragraph (6) below the terms of that tenancy (including the rent) shall be deemed to have been the same as those of the tenancy which came to an end.

(3) Any statutory tenancy arising by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above, shall be treated as a statutory tenancy arising on the termination of a protected tenancy which was a regulated tenancy.

(4) Where Article 10 of the Counter-Inflation (Rents) (England and Wales) Order 1972 applied to the rent under the tenancy, the rent under the tenancy imposed by sub-paragraph (2) above shall be the rent as limited by Article 10.

(5) Schedule 7 to this Act shall not apply to a statutory tenancy arising under sub-paragraph (2) above.

(6) The High Court or the county court may by order vary all or any of the terms of the tenancy imposed by sub-paragraph (2) above in any way appearing to the court to be just and equitable (and whether or not in a way authorised by the provisions of sections 46 and 47 of this Act).

(7) If at 22nd March 1973 the dwelling-house was occupied by a person who would, if the tenancy had been a regulated tenancy, have been the “first successor” within the meaning of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1968 (which is re-enacted in Schedule 1 to this Act), sub-paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) above shall apply where that person retained possession as they apply where the tenant retained possession.

Protected furnished tenancies

6

(1) In any case where—

(a) before 14th August 1974 a dwelling was subject to a tenancy which was a Part VI contract within the meaning of the Rent Act 1968, and

(b) the dwelling forms part only of a building, and that building is not a purpose-built block of flats within the meaning of section 12 of this Act, and

(i) belonged to a person who occupied as his residence another dwelling which also formed part of that building, or

(ii) was vested in trustees as such and was or, if it was held on trust for sale, the proceeds of its sale were held on trust for a person who occupied as his residence another dwelling which also formed part of that building, and

(d) apart from paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Rent Act 1974 the tenancy would, on that date, have become a protected furnished tenancy,

this Act shall apply, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, as if the tenancy had been granted on that date and as if the condition in section 12(1)(b) of this Act were fulfilled in relation to the grant of the tenancy.

(2) In the application of this Act to a tenancy by virtue of this paragraph—

(a) subsection (2) of section 12 shall be omitted; and

(b) in section 20 and Part II of Schedule 2 any reference to section 12 of this Act shall be construed as including a reference to this paragraph.

(3) In any case where paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of sub-paragraph (1) above apply but on 14th August 1974 the interest referred to in paragraph (c) of that sub-paragraph was vested—

(a) in the personal representatives of a deceased person acting in that capacity, or

(b) by virtue of section 9 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925, in the Probate Judge within the meaning of that Act, or

then, if the deceased immediately before his death or, as the case may be, the settlor immediately before the creation of the trust occupied as his residence another dwelling which also formed part of the building referred to in paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) above, that sub-paragraph shall apply as if the condition in paragraph (c) thereof were fulfilled.

(4) In the application of paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 2 to this Act in a case falling within sub-paragraph (3) above, any period before 14th August 1974 during which the interest of the landlord vested as mentioned in that subsection shall be disregarded in calculating the period of 12 months specified therein.

7

(1) This paragraph applies where the tenancy of a dwelling-house came to an end before 14th August 1974 and, if it had come to an end immediately after that date it would then have been a protected furnished tenancy within the meaning of the Rent Act 1974.

(2) If the tenant under the tenancy which came to an end duly retained possession of the dwelling-house on 14th August 1974 without an order for possession having been made or after the rescission of such an order he shall be deemed to have done so as a statutory tenant under a regulated tenancy and, subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, as a person who became a statutory tenant on the termination of a protected tenancy under which he was the tenant; and, subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) below, the tenancy referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be treated, in relation to his statutory tenancy,—

(a) as the original contractual tenancy for the purposes of section 3 of this Act, and

(b) as the previous contractual tenancy for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Part III of Schedule 15 to this Act.

(3) In any case where—

(a) immediately before 14th August 1974 a rent was registered for a dwelling under Part VI of the Rent Act 1968, and

(b) on that date a person became a statutory tenant of that dwelling by virtue of paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 3 to the Rent Act 1974,

the amount which was so registered under Part VI shall be deemed to be registered under Part IV of this Act as the rent for that dwelling, and that registration shall be deemed to have taken effect on 14th August 1974.

(4) The High Court or the county court may by order vary all or any of the terms of the statutory tenancy imposed by sub-paragraph (2) above in any way appearing to the court to be just and equitable (and whether or not in a way authorised by the provisions of sections 46 and 47 of this Act).

(5) If on 14th August 1974 the dwelling-house was occupied by a person who would, if the tenancy had been a protected tenancy for the purposes of the Rent Act 1968, have been “the first successor” as defined in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to that Act, sub-paragraph (2) above shall apply where that person retained possession as it applies where the tenant retained possession, except that he shall be the first successor as so defined.

8

(1) Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a rent was deemed (by virtue of section 5 of the Rent Act 1974) to have been registered under Part IV of the Rent Act 1968 with effect from 14th August 1974, it shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be registered under Part IV of this Act with effect from that date.

(2) Section 67(3) of this Act shall not apply to an application for the registration under Part IV of this Act of a rent different from that which is deemed to be registered as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) A statutory furnished tenancy which arose on 15th August 1974, by virtue of section 5(4) of the Rent Act 1974, shall be treated as a statutory furnished tenancy for the purposes of this Act and as having arisen on that date.

Regulated tenancies of formerly requisitioned houses

9

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a regulated tenancy of a dwelling-house which is a statutory tenancy subsisting under section 4 of the Requisiioned Houses and Housing (Amendment) Act 1955 (under which licensees of previously requisitioned property became statutory tenants of the owners) and which, by virtue of section 10(1) of the Rent Act 1965, fell to be treated as a regulated tenancy after 31st March 1966.

(2) In relation to any rental period of a regulated tenancy to which this paragraph applies, sections 45 to 48 of this Act shall have effect as if—

(a) references therein to the last contractual period were references to the last rental period beginnig before 31st March 1966, and

(b) the rent recoverable for that last rental period has included any sum payable for that period by the local authority to the landlord under section 4(4) of the said Act of 1955 (which provided for payments to make up the difference between the rent actually paid and the amount which would normally have been recoverable).

Miscellaneous

10

Any registration of a rent under Part IV of the Rent Act 1968 which, by virtue of paragraph 33(2) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1974, fell to be treated as if it had been effected pursuant to an application under section 44 of the Rent Act 1968 shall continue to be so treated for the purposes of this Act.

11

In the case of a registration of a rent before 1st January 1973 which, by virtue of subsection (3) of section 82 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 (provision corresponding to section 87(3) of this Act), was provisional only, the date of registration for the purposes of this Act shall be 1st January 1973.

12

Where, by virtue of section 1(1)(b) of the Rent Act 1974, any reference in an enactment or instrument was, immediately before the coming into force of this Act, to be construed as having the same meaning as in the Rent Act 1968 as amended by section 1 of the Rent Act 1974, that reference shall be construed as having the same meaning as in this Act.

13

If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a person’s statutory tenancy was a regulated tenancy (and not a controlled tenancy), for the purposes of the Rent Act 1968, by virtue of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to that Act (second successors) it shall be a regulated tenancy for the purposes of this Act by virtue of that paragraph.

14

If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a person’s statutory tenancy was a regulated tenancy for the purposes of the Rent Act 1968, by virtue of paragraph 10 of Schedule 16 to that Act (statutory tenancies deemed to arise by virtue of section 20 of the Rent Act 1965) it shall be a regulated tenancy for the purposes of this Act.

15

In relation to any time before 1st January 1960, paragraph (a) of section 34(1) of this Act shall have effect as if it included a reference to section 150 of the Public Health Act 1875 and to the Private Street Works Act 1892.

16

Sections 44(1), 45(2), 57 and 72(7) of this Act shall have effect in relation to rent determined or confirmed in pursuance of Schedule 3 to the Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975.

17

If, immediately before the revocation of regulation 68CB of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939 accommodation was registered for the purposes of that regulation and was let in accordance with the terms and conditions so registered, any contract for the letting of the accommodation shall be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as not being a restricted contract, so long as any letting continues under which the accommodation was let in accordance with the terms and conditions on which it was let immediately before the revocation.

18

Section 54 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to, this Act shall apply in relation to a failure to observe any of the requirements of section 43, 44(5) or 45 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 as they apply in relation to a failure to observe any of the corresponding requirements of section 51, 52(6) or 53 of this Act.

19

(1) Until such time as the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below come into force, sections 139(3) and 151(4) of this Act shall have effect as if the fines specified in those sections were, respectively, £10 and £5.

(2) The provisions are those provisions of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (increase of fines for certain summary offences) which would, had this act not repealed sections 104(3) and 109(4) of the Rent Act 1968, have had the effect of increasing the fine specified in each of those sections to £25.

20

For the purposes of paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 9 to this Act a case where Schedule 2 to the Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975 had effect shall be treated as if it were a case where Schedule 8 to this Act had effect.

21

Subject to the provisions of this Act, any reference in any document or enactment to a Part VI letting (within the meaning of Part II of the Housing Finance Act 1972) shall be construed except in so far as the context otherwise requires, as a reference to a restricted letting (within the meaning of Part II as amended by this Act).

Transitional provisions from Rent Act 1957

22

If the rent recoverable under a controlled tenancy for any rental period beginning immediately before the commencement of this Act was, by virtue of section 1(4) of the Rent Act 1957 and paragraph 15 of Schedule 16 to the Rent Act 1968, the same as the rent recoverable for the rental period comprising the commencement of the Act of 1957 then, after the commencement of this Act, that rent shall remain the rent recoverable under that tenancy for any rental period for which it is neither increased nor reduced under Part II of this Act (but without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Schedule).

23

If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an agreement or determination of a tribunal made or given for the purposes of paragraph (b) of section 24(3) of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954 was deemed, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Rent Act 1957 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 16 to the Rent Act 1968, to be an agreement or determination made under paragraph (c) of section 52(1) of the Act of 1968 then, after the commencement of this Act, that agreement or determination shall, until an agreement or determination is made as is mentioned in paragraph (c) of section 27(1) of this Act, be deemed to be an agreement or determination made as mentioned in paragraph (c) of section 27(1).

24

(1) If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the rent limit under a controlled tenancy of a dwelling was increased, by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Rent Act 1957 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 16 to the Rent Act 1968, on account of an improvement, or a notice of increase relating to an improvement, completed before the commencement of the Act of 1957, the like increase shall apply after the commencement of this Act to the rent limit under that controlled tenancy.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above, “the rent limit”, in relation to any time before the commencement of this Act, has the same meaning as in the Rent Act 1968, and in relation to any time after that commencement, has the same meaning as in Part II of this Act.

25

(1) If, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a certificate of a local authority under section 26(1) of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954 or a certificate of a sanitary authority having effect as if it were a certificate under Part II of that Act had effect, by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Rent Act 1957 and paragraph 18 of Schedule 16 to the Rent Act 1968, as a certificate of disrepair under Schedule 9 to the Act of 1968, then, after the commencement of this Act, the certificate shall have effect to the like extent as before that commencement, as if it were a certificate of disrepair under Schedule 6 to this Act.

(2) Where any such certificate ceases to have effect (whether by virtue of an order of the court or in consequence of being cancelled by the local authority) sections 27 and 28 of this Act shall have effect, in relation to any rental period beginning after the date as from which the certificate ceases to have effect as if it had ceased to have effect immediately before the basic rental period (within the meaning of Part II of this Act).

26

Where any increase in the rent recoverable under a controlled tenancy current on 6th July 1957 took effect before that date but after the beginning of the basic rental period (within the meaning of Part II of this Act), section 27 of this Act shall have effect as if for references to the rent recoverable for the basic rental period there were substituted references to the rent which would have been recoverable for that period if the increase had taken effect before the beginning thereof.

Savings

27

(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the Rent Act 1968 and section 42 of the Housing Finance Act 1972—

(a) sections 20(3) and 21 of the Rent Act 1968 (rent limit where no registered rent) shall continue to apply in relation to a regulated tenancy granted before 1st January 1973 if the rent under the tenancy, as varied by any agreement made before that date, exceeded the rent limit under section 20(3) (with any adjustment under section 21);

(b) sections 30 (certain regulated tenancies to be disregarded in determining contractual rent limit) and 35 (duty of landlord to supply statement of rent under previous tenancy) of the Rent Act 1968 shall continue to apply in any case where section 20(3)(a) applies by virtue of this paragraph.

(2) In any case to which section 21 of the Rent Act 1968 applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above, the reference in subsection (5) of that section to the amount expended on the improvement shall be construed as a reference to that amount diminished by the amount of any grant or repayment of the kind mentioned in section 48(2)(a) or (b) of this Act.

(3) This paragraph shall cease to apply if the landlord and the tenant enter into an agreement which is a rent agreement with a tenant having security of tenure (within the meaning of section 51 of this Act) which complies with the requirements of subsection (4) of that section, or if they provide that this paragraph is not to apply by an agreement conforming with those requirements.

28

(1) Section 47 of the Housing Act 1969 (first registration of a rent after issue of qualification certificate) shall continue to have effect as respects an application for the first registration of a rent where the tenancy became a regulated tenancy before the date of the repeal of Part III of that Act by the Housing Finance Act 1972, but with the substitution, for the references to Part IV of the Rent Act 1968 and Schedule 6 to that Act, of references respectively to Part IV of, and Part II of Schedule 11 to, this Act.

(2) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to this Act shall apply to a conversion under the said Part III as it applies to a conversion under Part VIII of this Act.

(3) Notwithstanding the said repeal, section 51(2)(a) of the Act of 1969 shall continue to have effect.

(4) Sections 45 to 47 of this Act shall have effect in relation to a tenancy which has become a regulated tenancy by virtue of the said Part III as if references therein to the last contractual period were references to the last rental period beginning before the tenancy became a regulated tenancy.

29

Subsections (2) and (5) of section 48 of this Act shall have effect, in relation to any grant paid under section 30 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958 (improvement grants) or section 4 of the House Purchase and Housing Act 1959 (standard grants) in pursuance of an application made before 25th August 1969, as they have effect in relation to any of the grants mentioned in those subsections.

30

Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the Rent Act 1968, the amendments made in other enactments (“the amended enactments”) by that Act shall, to the extent that they had effect immediately before the coming into force of this Act, continue to have effect subject to any amendment of any of the amended enactments by this Act.

31

Any registration of a rent made before the commencement of this Act—

(a) in the part of the register provided for by section 82 of the Housing Finance Act 1972, and

(b) in reliance on subsection (3A) of section 44 of the Rent Act 1968,

shall be as valid, and shall have effect, as if this Act had then been in force.

32

Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of paragraphs 20 to 26 of Schedule 16 to the Rent Act 1968 (miscellaneous savings) any enactment which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, had effect by virtue of any of those paragraphs shall continue to have effect; and this Act shall have effect in relation to cases falling within any of those paragraphs as the Act of 1968 had effect immediately before the commencement of this Act.

SCHEDULE 25

Statutory tenants and tenancies.

5A

(1) A tenancy is not a protected tenancy if it is a qualifying shared ownership lease, that is—

(a) a lease granted in pursuance of the right to be granted a shared ownership lease under Part V of the Housing Act 1985, or

(b) a lease granted by a housing association and which complies with the conditions set out in subsection (2) below.

(2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(b) above are that the lease—

(a) was granted for a term of 99 years or more and is not (and cannot become) terminable except in pursuance of a provision for re-entry or forfeiture;

(b) was granted at a premium, calculated by reference to the value of the dwelling-house or the cost of providing it, of not less than 25 per cent, or such other percentage as may be prescribed, of the figure by reference to which it was calculated;

(c) provides for the tenant to acquire additional shares in the dwellinghouse on terms specified in the lease and complying with such requirements as may be prescribed;

(d) does not restrict the tenant’s powers to assign, mortgage or charge his interest in the dwellinghouse;

(e) if it enables the landlord to require payment for outstanding shares in the dwellinghouse, does so only in such circumstances as may be prescribed;

(f) provides, in the case of a house, for the tenant to acquire the landlord’s interest on terms specified in the lease and complying with such requirements as may be prescribed; and

(g) states the landlord’s opinion that by virtue of this section the lease is excluded from the operation of this Act.

(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe anything requiring to be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2) above.

(4) The regulations may—

(a) make different provision for different cases or descriptions of case, including different provision for different areas, and

(b) contain such incidental, supplementary or transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate,

and shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(5) In any proceedings the court may, if of opinion that it is just and equitable to do so, treat a lease as a qualifying shared ownership lease notwithstanding that the condition specified in subsection (2)(g) above is not satisfied.

(6) In this section—

“house” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;

“housing association” has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985; and

“lease” includes an agreement for a lease, and references to the grant of a lease shall be construed accordingly.

16A

18A

Schedule 17 to this Act applies for the purpose of modifying the provisions of this Act in relation to a tenancy Which, by virtue of any of the following enactments, was converted from a controlled tenancy into a regulated tenancy, that is to say—

Amalgamation schemes

64A

(1) If the Secretary of State is of the opinion—

(a) that there is at any time insufficient work in two or more registration areas to justify the existence of a separate service of rent officers for each area, or

(b) that it would at any time be beneficial for the efficient administration of the service provided by rent officers in two or more registration areas,

he may, after consultation with the local authorities concerned, make a scheme under section 63 above designating as an amalgamated registration area the areas of those authorities and making provision accordingly for that amalgamated area.

(2) Any reference in the following provisions of this Chapter to a registration area includes a reference to an amalgamated registration area and, in relation to such an area, “the constituent authorities” means the local authorities whose areas make up the amalgamated area.

(3) A scheme under section 63 above made for an amalgamated registration area—

(a) shall confer on the proper officer of one of the constituent authorities all or any of the functions which, in accordance with section 63 above, fall to be exercisable by the proper officer of the local authority for the registration area;

(b) may provide that any rent officer previously appointed for the area of any one of the constituent authorities shall be treated for such purposes as may be specified in the scheme as a rent officer appointed for the amalgamated registration area; and

(c) shall make such provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate for the payment by one or more of the constituent authorities of the remunerations, allowances and other expenditure which under section 63 above is to be paid by the local authority for the area.

(4) A scheme under section 63 above made for an amalgamated registration area may contain such incidental, transitional and supplementary provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.

New basis for administration of rent officer service

64B

(1) If, with respect to registration areas generally or any particular registration area or areas, it appears to the Secretary of State that it is no longer appropriate for the appointment, remuneration and administration of rent officers to be a function of local authorities, he may by order—

(a) provide that no scheme under section 63 above shall be made for the area or areas specified in the order; and

(b) make, with respect to the area or areas so specified, such provision as appears to him to be appropriate with respect to the appointment, remuneration and administration of rent officers and the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of them.

(2) An order under this section shall make provision for any expenditure attributable to the provisions of the order to be met by the Secretary of State in such manner as may be specified in the order (whether by way of grant, reimbursement or otherwise); and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State by virtue of this subsection shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

(3) An order under this section—

(a) may contain such incidental, transitional and supplementary provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate, including provisions amending this Part of this Act; and

(b) shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Grounds for possession of certain dwelling-houses.

67A

(1) Subject to subsection (4) below, an application under this section for the registration under section 70A of this Act of an increased rent for a dwelling-house may be made by the landlord or the tenant, or jointly by the landlord and the tenant, under a regulated tenancy of the dwelling-house in any case where—

(a) under Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 the landlord or a superior landlord is liable to pay council tax in respect of a dwelling (within the meaning of that Part of that Act) which includes the dwelling-house,

(b) under the terms of the tenancy (or an agreement collateral to the tenancy) the tenant is liable to make payments to the landlord in respect of council tax,

(d) no previous application has been made under this section in relation to the dwelling-house.

(2) The case falls within this subsection if—

(a) a rent has been registered under this Part of this Act before 1st April 1993,

(b) the period of two years from the relevant date has not yet expired, and

(c) since the relevant date there has been no such change in circumstances of a kind mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 67(3) of this Act (other than circumstances relating to council tax) as to make the registered rent no longer a fair rent.

(3) The case falls within this subsection if an application under section 67 of this Act has been made before 1st April 1993 but has not been disposed of before that date.

(4) No application may be made under this section after 31st March 1994.

(5) Any such application must be in the prescribed form and must—

(a) specify the rent which it is sought to register to take into account the tenant’s liability to make payments to the landlord in respect of council tax; and

(b) contain such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(6) The provisions of Part I of Schedule 11 to this Act (as modified by the Regulated Tenancies (Procedure) Regulations 1980 and by the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1981) shall have effect with respect to the procedure to be followed on applications for the registration of rents.

(7) In this section “relevant date”, in relation to a rent which has been registered under this Part of this Act, has the same meaning as in section 67 of this Act.

Interim registration of rent

Interim determination of fair rent on application under section 67A

70A

(1) Where an application is made under section 67A of this Act—

(a) the rent officer shall determine the amount by which, having regard to the provisions of section 70(3A) of this Act, the existing registered rent might reasonably be increased to take account of the tenant’s liability to make payments to the landlord in respect of council tax; and

(b) the amount to be registered as the rent of the dwelling-house shall be the existing registered rent plus the amount referred to in paragraph (a) above.

(2) Where in a case falling within section 67A(3) of this Act a rent officer has before him at the same time an application under section 67 and an application under section 67A of this Act and the rent officer proposes to entertain the two applications together, the rent officer shall make a determination in relation to the application under section 67 before making his determination in relation to the application under section 67A; and the reference in subsection (1)(a) above to the existing registered rent shall have effect as a reference to the rent determined on the application under section 67.

72A

In order to assist authorities to give effect to the housing benefit scheme under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or to assist the Secretary of State in the administration of universal credit , where a rent is registered, there shall be noted on the register the amount (if any) of the registered rent which, in the opinion of the rent officer or appropriate tribunal , is fairly attributable to the provision of services, except any amount which is negligible in the opinion of the officer or, as the case may be, the tribunal .

80A

(1) In any case where—

(a) under Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 the lessor under a restricted contract or any person having any title superior to that of the lessor is liable to pay council tax in respect of a hereditament which includes the dwelling to which the restricted contract relates,

(b) under the terms of the restricted contract (or an agreement collateral to the contract) the lessee is liable to make payments to the lessor in respect of council tax,

(d) no previous reference under this section in relation to the dwelling has been made to the rent tribunal,

the lessor or the lessee may, subject to subsection (4) below, refer the contract to the rent tribunal under this section for consideration of an increased rent.

(2) The case falls within this subsection if—

(a) a rent has been entered in the register under section 79 of this Act before 1st April 1993,

(b) the period of two years beginning on the date on which the rent was last considered by the tribunal has not yet expired, and

(c) since that date there has been no such change in circumstances of a kind mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 80 of this Act (other than circumstances relating to council tax) as to make the registered rent no longer a reasonable rent.

(3) The case falls within this subsection if a reference under section 77 or 80 of this Act has been made before 1st April 1993 but has not been disposed of before that date.

(4) No reference may be made under this section after 31st March 1994.

(5) Where a reference is made under this section—

(a) the rent tribunal shall (after making such inquiry as they think fit and giving to each party to the contract an opportunity of being heard or of submitting representations in writing) increase the amount of the existing registered rent by such amount as is reasonable, having regard to the provisions of section 78(2A) of this Act, to take account of the lessee’s liability to make payments to the lessor in respect of council tax, and

(b) the amount to be registered under section 79 of this Act as the rent of the dwelling shall be the existing registered rent plus the amount referred to in paragraph (a) above.

(6) Where in a case to which subsection (3) above applies a rent tribunal have before them at the same time a reference under section 77 or 80 of this Act and a reference under this section and the rent tribunal propose to entertain the two references together, the tribunal shall approve, reduce or increase the rent under the reference under section 77 or 80 before making their increase in relation to the reference under this section; and the reference in subsection 5(a) above to the existing registered rent shall have effect as a reference to the rent determined on the reference under section 77 or 80.

(7) In this section “hereditament” means a dwelling within the meaning of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

81A

(1) Where the rent payable for any dwelling is entered in the register under section 79 or 79A of this Act, the appropriate tribunal shall cancel the registration of entry, on an application made under this section, if—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) the dwelling is not for the time being subject to a restricted contract; and

(2) An application under this section must be in the prescribed form, and contain the prescribed particulars.

(3) Cancellation of the registration shall be without prejudice to a further registration of a rent at any time after the cancellation.

(4) The appropriate tribunal shall notify the applicant of their decision to grant, or to refuse, any application under this section.

Tenancies to which Part VI applies.

Grounds for possession of certain dwelling-houses.

102A

Sections 103 to 106 of this Act apply only to restricted contracts entered into before the commencement of section 69 of the Housing Act 1980.

106A

(1) This section applies to any dwelling-house which is the subject of a restricted contract entered into after the commencement court in certain of section 69 of the Housing Act 1980.

(2) On the making of an order for possession of such a dwelling-house, or at any time before the execution of such an order, the court may—

(a) stay or suspend execution of the order, or

(b) postpone the date of possession,

for such period or periods as, subject to subsection (3) below, the court thinks fit.

(3) Where a court makes an order for possession of such a dwelling-house, the giving up of possession shall not be postponed (whether by order or any variation, suspension or stay of execution) to a date later than 3 months after the making of the order.

(4) On any such stay, suspension or postponement as is referred to in subsection (2) above, the court shall, unless it considers that to do so would cause exceptional hardship to the lessee or would otherwise be unreasonable, impose conditions with regard to payment by the lessee of arrears of rent (if any) and rent or payments in respect of occupation after termination of the tenancy (mesne profits) and may impose such other conditions as it thinks fit.

(5) Subsection (6) below applies in any case where—

(a) proceedings are brought for possession of such a dwelling- house;

(b) the lessee’s spouse or former spouse, having rights of occupation under the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967, is then in occupation of the dwelling-house; and

(6) In any case to which this subsection applies, the spouse or former spouse shall, so long as he or she remains in occupation, have the same rights in relation to, or in connection with, any such stay, suspension or postponement as is referred to in subsection (2) above, as he or she would have if those rights of occupation were not affected by the termination of the restricted contract.

11A

In this Part of this Schedule “the operative date” means the date on which Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force.

2A

(1) The tenancy referred to in section 12(1) fails within this paragraph if the interest of the landlord under the tenancy becomes vested in the personal representatives of a deceased person acting in that capacity.

(2) If the tenancy falls within this paragraph, the condition in section 12(1)(c) shall be deemed to be fulfilled tor any period, beginning with the date on which the interest becomes vested in the personal representatives and not exceeding two years, during which the interest of the landlord remains so vested.

SCHEDULE 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2A

No appointment of a person to the panel by the Lord Chancellor shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which the person attains the age of 75.

6A

When dealing with an application under section 81A of this Act a rent assessment committee carrying out the functions of a rent tribunal shall consist of the chairman of the committee sitting alone.

7A

The Welsh Ministers may, . . ., provide for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any person nominated to act as president or vice-president of the panel .

3A

If, after service of a notice by the rent officer under paragraph 3(1) above, no request in writing is made within the period specified in the notice for the rent to be considered as mentioned in that paragraph, the rent officer after considering what rent ought to be registered or, as the case may be, whether a different rent ought to be registered, may—

(a) determine a fair rent and register it as the rent for the dwelling-house; or

(b) confirm the rent for the time being registered and note the confirmation in the register; or

5A

Where a rent has been registered or confirmed by the rent officer under paragraph 3A or 5 above, he shall notify the landlord and the tenant accordingly by a notice stating that if, with 28 days of the service of the notice or such longer period as he or the appropriate tribunal may allow, an objection in writing is received by the rent officer from the landlord or the tenant the matter will be referred to the appropriate tribunal .

Interim registration of rent

9A

In this Schedule references to a fair rent in relation to an application under section 67A of this Act are references to the amount to be registered under section 70A(1)(b) of this Act.

Maximum Fair Rent

9B

This Schedule has effect subject to article 2 of the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 and accordingly–

(a) the rent officer, in considering what rent ought to be registered, shall consider whether that article applies; and

(b) where a matter is referred to them, the appropriate tribunal shall consider whether that article applies and, where it does apply, they shall not, subject to paragraph (5) of that article, confirm or determine a rent for the dwelling-house that exceeds the maximum fair rent calculated in accordance with that article.

Part II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Case 1

Where any rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid, or any obligation of the protected or statutory tenancy which arises under this Act, or—

has been broken or not performed.

Case 2

Where the tenant or any person residing or lodging with him or any sub-tenant of his has been guilty of conduct which is a nuisance or annoyance to adjoining occupiers, or has been convicted of using the dwelling-house or allowing the dwelling-house to be used for immoral or illegal purposes.

Case 3

Case 4

Case 5

Case 6

Where, without the consent of the landlord, the tenant has, at any time after—

assigned or sublet the whole of the dwelling-house or sublet part of the dwelling-house, the remainder being already sublet.

Case 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Case 8

Case 9

Where the dwelling-house is reasonably required by the landlord for occupation as a residence for—

and the landlord did not become landlord by purchasing the dwelling-house or any interest therein after—

Case 10

Where the court is satisfied that the rent charged by the tenant—

Case 11

Where a person (in this Case referred to as “the owner-occupier”) who let the dwelling-house on a regulated tenancy had, at any time before the letting, occupied it as his residence and—

If the court is of the opinion that, notwithstanding that the condition in paragraph (a) or (b) above is not complied with, it is just and equitable to make and order for possession of the dwelling-house, the court may dispense with the requirements of either or both of those paragraphs, as the case may require.

Case 12

Where the landlord (in this Case referred to as “the owner”) intends to occupy the dwelling-house as his residence at such time as he might retire from regular employment and has let it on a regulated tenancy before he has so retired and—

If the court is of the opinion that, notwithstanding that the condition in paragraph (a) or (b) above is not complied with, it is just and equitable to make an order for possession of the dwelling-house, the court may dispense with the requirements of either or both of those paragraphs, as the case may require.

Case 13

Where the dwelling-house is let under a tenancy for a term of years certain not exceeding 8 months and—

For the purposes of this Case a tenancy shall be treated as being for a term of years certain notwithstanding that it is liable to determination by re-entry or on the happening of any event other than the giving of notice by the landlord to determine the term.

Case 14

Where the dwelling-house is let under a tenancy for a term of years certain not exceeding 12 months and—

Case 15

Where the dwelling-house is held for the purpose of being available for occupation by a minister of religion as a residence from which to perform the duties of his office and—

Case 16

Where the dwelling-house was at any time occupied by a person under the terms of his employment as a person employed in agriculture, and

For the purposes of this Case “employed”, “employment” and “agriculture” have the same meanings as in the Agricultural Wages Act 1948.

Case 17

Where proposals for amalgamation, approved for the purposes of a scheme under section 26 of the Agriculture Act 1967, have been carried out and, at the time when the proposals were submitted, the dwelling-house was occupied by a person responsible (whether as owner, tenant, or servant or agent of another) for the control of the farming of any part of the land comprised in the amalgamation and

For the purposes of this Case “employed” and “agriculture” have the same meanings as in the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 and “amalgamation” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Agriculture Act 1967.

Case 18

Where—

Case 19

Where the dwelling-house was let under a protected shorthold tenancy (or is treated under section 55 of the Housing Act 1980 as having been so let) and—

A notice is appropriate for this Case if—

Case 20

Where the dwelling-house was let by a person (in this Case referred to as “the owner”) at any time after the commencement of section 67 of the Housing 1980 c. 5 1. Act 1980 and—

If the court is of the opinion that, notwithstanding that the condition in paragraph (c) or (d) above is not complied with, it is just and equitable to make an order for possession of the dwelling-house, the court may dispense with the requirements of either or both of these paragraphs, as the case may require.

1

A court shall not make an order for possession of a dwelling-house by reason only that the circumstances of the case fall within Case 9 in Part I of this Schedule if the court is satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the question whether other accommodation is available for the landlord or the tenant, greater hardship would be caused by granting the order than by refusing to grant it.

2

Any reference in Part II of this Schedule to the relevant date shall be construed as follows:—

(a) except in a case falling within paragraph (b) or (c) below, if the protected tenancy, or, in the case of a statutory tenancy, the previous contractual tenancy, was created before 8th December 1965, the relevant date means 7th June 1966; and

(b) except in a case falling within paragraph (c) below, if the tenancy became a regulated tenancy by virtue of section 14 of the Counter-Inflation Act 1973 and the tenancy or, in the case of a statutory tenancy, the previous contractual tenancy, was created before 22nd March 1973, the relevant date means 22nd September 1973; and

(c) in the case of a regulated furnished tenancy, if the tenancy or, in the case of a statutory furnished tenancy, the previous contractual tenancy was created before 14th August 1974, the relevant date means 13th February 1975; and

(d) in any other case, the relevant date means the date of the commencement of the regulated tenancy in question.

Part V — Provisions applying to Cases 11, 12 and 20

1

In this Part of this Schedule—

2

The conditions referred to in Paragraph (c) in each of Cases 11 and 12 and in paragraph (e)(ii) of Case 20 are that—

(a) the dwelling-house is required as a residence for the owner or any member of his family who resided with the owner when he last occupied the dwelling-house as a residence;

(b) the owner has retired from regular employment and requires the dwelling-house as a residence;

(c) the owner has died and the dwelling-house is required as a residence for a member of his family who was residing with him at the time of his death;

(d) the owner has died and the dwelling-house is required by a successor in title as his residence or for the purpose of disposing of it with vacant possession;

(e) the dwelling-house is subject to a mortgage, made by deed and granted before the tenancy, and the mortgagee—

(i) is entitled to exercise a power of sale conferred on him by the mortgage or by section 101 of the Law of Property Act 1925; and

(ii) requires the dwelling-house for he purpose of disposing of it with vacant possession in exercise of that power; and

(f) the dwelling-house is not reasonably suitable to the needs of the owner, having regard to his place of work, and he requires it for the purpose of disposing of it with vacant possession and of using the proceeds of that disposal in acquiring, as his residence, a dwelling-house which is more suitable to those needs.

Case I

Alternative accommodation not provided or arranged by housing authority

1

The court is satisfied that suitable alternative accommodation is available for the tenant, or will be available for him when the order for possession takes effect.

2

Accommodation shall be deemed suitable in this Case if it consists of—

(a) premises which are to be let as a separate dwelling such that they will then be let on a protected tenancy, or

(b) premises which are to be let as a separate dwelling on terms which will, in the opinion of the court, afford to the tenant security of tenure reasonably equivalent to the security afforded by Part VII of this Act in the case of a protected tenancy,

and, in the opinion of the court, the accommodation fulfils the conditions in paragraph 3 below.

3

(1) The accommodation must be reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant and his family as regards proximity to place of work and either—

(a) similar as regards rental and extent to the accommodation afforded by dwelling-houses provided in the neighbourhood by the local housing authority for persons whose needs as regards extent are similar to those of the tenant and his family, or

(b) reasonably suitable to the means of the tenant, and to the needs of the tenant and his family as regards extent and character.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) above, a certificate of the local housing authority stating—

(a) the extent of the accommodation afforded by dwelling-houses provided by the authority to meet the needs of tenants with families of each number as may be specified in the certificate, and

(b) the amount of the rent charged by the local housing authority for dwelling-houses affording accommodation of that extent,

shall be conclusive evidence of the facts so stated.

(3) If any furniture was provided by the landlord for use under the tenancy, furniture must be provided for use in the alternative accommodation which is either similar, or is reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant and his family.

4

Accommodation shall not be deemed to be suitable to the needs of the tenant and his family if the result of their occupation of the accommodation would be that it would be an overcrowded dwelling-house for the purposes of Part X of the Housing Act 1985.

Case II

Alternative accommodation provided or arranged by housing authority

1

The local housing authority have made an offer in writing to the tenant of alternative accommodation which appears to them to be suitable, specifying the date when the accommodation will be available and the date (not being less than 14 days from the date of offer), by which the offer must be accepted.

2

The landlord shows that the tenant accepted the offer (by the housing authority or other person) within the time duly specified in the offer.

3

(1) The accommodation offered must in the opinion of the court fulfil the conditions of this paragraph.

(2) The accommodation must be reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant and his family as regards proximity to place of work.

(3) The accommodation must be reasonably suitable to the means of the tenant, and to the needs of the tenant and his family as regards extent.

4

If the accommodation offered is available for a limited period only, the local housing authority’s offer or notice under paragraph 1 of this Case must contain an assurance that other accommodation—

(a) the availability of which is not so limited,

(b) which appears to them to be suitable, and

will be offered to the tenant as soon as practicable.

SCHEDULE 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SCHEDULE 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Editorial notes

[^c16034361]: Act amended by Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 (c. 19, SIF 49:5). s. 1(6)

[^c16034371]: Act excluded by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), ss. 264(5), 270(3), 276, 286(3), 307, 368(6)

[^c16034381]: Act modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 75:1), s. 36(1)

[^c16034391]: Act excluded by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 75:1), s. 78(2), Sch. 10 para. 8

[^c16034401]: Act modified by S.I. 1990/776, arts. 2(2), 5(2)(c)

[^c16034411]: Act excluded by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 242

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