# The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1981, Regulation 4


The principal regulations are amended as follows:—
(1) in regulation 3(3) for the words “14 days” substitute the words “10 days (subject to paragraph (4) below)”;
(2) after regulation 3(3) insert the following paragraph—
“(4) The notice referred to in paragraph (3) above may be given not less than 7 days before the date of the hearing if that date has been referred to in the notice given under paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 11 or under paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 12 to the Rent Act 1977 as the date when the hearing would be held if a request to make oral representations were to be made.”
(3) in regulation 10(1) omit the words “shall contain the reasons for the decision, but”; and
(4) after regulation 10 insert the following regulation:—
“10A (1) Where the committee are requested, on or before the giving or notification of the decision, to state the reasons for the decision, those reasons shall be recorded in a document.
(2) Regulation 10 above shall apply to the document recording the reasons as it applies to the document recording the decision.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1783/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-assessment-committees-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-1981/regulation-4
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