Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 31st March 1981 section 142 of the Housing Act 1980, together with the accompanying Schedule 22 and the associated repeals in Schedule 26. These provisions provide for matters under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 which were previously determined by the Lands Tribunal in future to be determined by a Rent Assessment Committee constituted under Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42). When constituted to make such determinations, a Rent Assessment Committee is to be known as a Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.