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The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1997-12-16
State In force
Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Coming into force: 15th January 1998

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 upon them by section 74 of the Rent Act 19771, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations—

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 15th January 1998.

Amendments

2

The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 19712 shall be amended by substituting for regulation 2A3 from the start to the end of paragraph (1):

(2A) (1) This regulation applies where a reference is made under: - paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Landlord and Tenant Act 19544 as applied by paragraph 19 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 19895; - section 6, 13, 14A or 22 of the Housing Act 19886; or - paragraph 6(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong — Minister of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 12th December 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Win Griffiths — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, Welsh Office — 16th December 1997

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). The amendment takes account of the functions of rent assessment committees under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, as applied by Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, in relation to long residential tenancies.

Footnotes

1

1977 c. 42; section 74(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 21 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28).

2

S.I. 1971/1065; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/2200, S.I. 1990/427 and S.I. 1993/653.

3

Regulation 2A was inserted by S.I. 1988/2200 and amended by S.I. 1990/427 and S.I. 1993/653.

4

2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c.56.

6

1988 c. 50; section 14A was inserted by S.I. 1993/651.

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