# Rent Act 1977, Paragraph 2


Any reference in Part II of this Schedule to the relevant date shall be construed as follows:—
(a) except in a case falling within paragraph (b) or (c) below, if the protected tenancy, or, in the case of a statutory tenancy, the previous contractual tenancy, was created before 8th December 1965, the relevant date means 7th June 1966; and
(b) except in a case falling within paragraph (c) below, if the tenancy became a regulated tenancy by virtue of section 14 of the Counter-Inflation Act 1973 and the tenancy or, in the case of a statutory tenancy, the previous contractual tenancy, was created before 22nd March 1973, the relevant date means 22nd September 1973; and
(c) in the case of a regulated furnished tenancy, if the tenancy or, in the case of a statutory furnished tenancy, the previous contractual tenancy was created before 14th August 1974, the relevant date means 13th February 1975; and
(d) in any other case, the relevant date means the date of the commencement of the regulated tenancy in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/schedule/15/part/III/crossheading/provision-for-part-ii/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/schedule-15/part-III/crossheading-provision-for-part-ii/paragraph-2
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