Regulation 12 Amendment of Schedule 1A to the 1987 Regulations

in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “(2) and (3)” there shall be substituted the words “(2) to (5)”;

after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

“(4)

Except where the appropriate local authority has previously applied to a rent officer pursuant to this sub-paragraph in respect of the tenancy, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply where—

(a)

subsequent to the making of the determination mentioned in that sub-paragraph there has been a rent increase in respect of the tenancy during the period beginning on 1st April 1993 and ending on 31st March 1994; and

(b)

at the date of that increase the claimant was not liable to pay council tax by virtue of regulations made under section 8 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (liability to council tax in prescribed cases)^f2; and

(c)

the rent increase does not come within head (c) of sub-paragraph (3).

(5)

In sub-paragraph (1) “determination” does not include a determination made as a result of an application to a rent officer pursuant to sub-paragraph (4).”.