Paragraph 25 The Long Residential Tenancies (Principal Forms) Regulations 1997

In Form 5—

(a)

in the heading, for “Rent Assessment Committee” substitute “Tribunal”;

(b)

in the instructions preceding paragraph 1—

(i)

for “rent assessment committee” in both places, substitute “tribunal”;

(ii)

for “the committee hearing”, substitute “the tribunal hearing”;

(c)

in the paragraph preceding paragraph 7—

(i)

for “rent assessment committee” substitute “tribunal”;

(ii)

for “committee” at each place, substitute “tribunal”;

(d)

in paragraph 7, for “rent assessment committee”, substitute “appropriate tribunal”;

(e)

in the Notes, for “the committee”, at each place, substitute “the tribunal”;

(f)

after Note 1 insert—

“Note 1A: If your property is in England, “tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal or where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal. If your property is in Wales, “a tribunal” means a rent assessment committee.”;

(g)

in Note 4, for “rent assessment committee” substitute “tribunal”.