The Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1998

Made: 13th January 1998

Laid before Parliament: 21st January 1998

Coming into force: 1st April 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992¹ and of all powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

Amendment of registration areas

2

For the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rents under regulated tenancies)² there shall be—

• (a) the Cambridgeshire registration area comprising the counties³ of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough;

• (b) the Cheshire registration area comprising the counties⁴ of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington;

• (c) the Devon registration area comprising the counties⁵ of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay;

• (d) the Essex registration area comprising the counties⁶ of Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock;

• (e) the Hereford and Worcester registration area comprising the counties⁷ of Herefordshire and Worcestershire;

• (f) the Kent registration area comprising the counties⁸ of Kent and the Medway Towns;

• (g) the Lancashire registration area comprising the counties⁹ of Blackburn, Blackpool and Lancashire;

• (h) the Nottinghamshire registration area comprising the counties¹⁰ of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; and

• (i) the Shropshire registration area comprising the counties¹¹ of Shropshire and The Wrekin.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong — Minister of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 13th January 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the registration areas for the counties named in article 2 for the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rent under regulated tenancies). Registration areas are the organisational units for the rent officer service and rent assessment committees and each English county is a registration area except if, as in this Order, a contrary provision is made. The Order is made in consequence of the reorganisation of local government in the areas mentioned in article 2.

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