The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

Made: 5th March 1990

Laid before Parliament: 9th March 1990

Coming into force: 1st April 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 74(1) of the Rent Act 1977[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals, hereby make the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

2

The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971[^f00002] are amended as follows—

• (1) in regulation 2(2) after “1988” insert “, or which is referred under paragraph 6(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989”; and

• (2) in regulation 2A(1) after “1988” insert “or paragraph 6(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989”.

Signed

Chris Patten — Secretary of State for the Environment — 5th March 1990

Peter Walker — Secretary of State for Wales — 1st March 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971 (which regulate the procedure to be followed by rent assessment committees) to take account of the functions of rent assessment committees under Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 in relation to long residential tenancies.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1977 c. 42; section 74(1)(b) was amended by section 41(1) of the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) and paragraph 51 of Schedule 11 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1971/1065; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/2200.