OpenLegislation

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

S.I. 1998/54 · Made 13 January 1998

Original text. legislation.gov.uk does not revise statutory instruments, so later amendments are not shown here. Changes made to it are listed under each provision when known.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

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 1992f1 and of all powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 19 and see regulation 3 of the Local Government Changes (Rent Act) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2451).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of registration areas
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

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.

2Amendment of registration areas

For the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rents under regulated tenancies)f1 there shall be—

(a)

the Cambridgeshire registration area comprising the countiesf2 of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough;

(b)

the Cheshire registration area comprising the countiesf3 of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington;

(c)

the Devon registration area comprising the countiesf4 of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay;

(d)

the Essex registration area comprising the countiesf5 of Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock;

(e)

the Hereford and Worcester registration area comprising the countiesf6 of Herefordshire and Worcestershire;

(f)

the Kent registration area comprising the countiesf7 of Kent and the Medway Towns;

(g)

the Lancashire registration area comprising the countiesf8 of Blackburn, Blackpool and Lancashire;

(h)

the Nottinghamshire registration area comprising the countiesf9 of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; and

(i)

the Shropshire registration area comprising the countiesf10 of Shropshire and The Wrekin.

Signature

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.