Paragraph 3

At the end of section 39 (register of rents) there shall be added the following subsections—

“(5)

Any entry—

(a)

in a register (hereinafter referred to as “the old register”)

(i)

which is kept under this section before 16th May 1975, or

(ii)

which is kept for any area which ceases to be a registration area as a result of the establishment of a new registration area, or

(b)

in a separate part of an old register in which rents are registered for dwelling-houses in respect of tenancies to which sections 60 to 66 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 apply,

which relates to a dwelling-house which is situated in a new registration area shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part of this Act to be an entry in the register or, as the case may be, in such a separate part of the register kept under this section for that new registration area.”.