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

S.I. 1998/54 · made 13 January 1998

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.

Made under: Local Government Act 1992 (Section 17, Section 26)

## Introductory text

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

## 1 Citation 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.

## 2 Amendment of registration areas

For the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rents under regulated tenancies) there shall be—
(a) the Cambridgeshire registration area comprising the counties of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough;
(b) the Cheshire registration area comprising the counties of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington;
(c) the Devon registration area comprising the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay;
(d) the Essex registration area comprising the counties of Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock;
(e) the Hereford and Worcester registration area comprising the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire;
(f) the Kent registration area comprising the counties of Kent and the Medway Towns;
(g) the Lancashire registration area comprising the counties of Blackburn, Blackpool and Lancashire;
(h) the Nottinghamshire registration area comprising the counties of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; and
(i) the Shropshire registration area comprising the counties 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.

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