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The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

S.I. 1997/3007 · Made 16 December 1997

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LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 16th December 1997

Laid before Parliament 22nd December 1997

Coming into force 15th January 1998

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 74 of the Rent Act 1977f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 42; section 74(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 21 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 15th January 1998.

2Amendments

The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971f1 shall be amended by substituting for regulation 2Af2 from the start to the end of paragraph (1):

“1988 and 1989 Act references

2A
(1)

This regulation applies where a reference is made under:

  • paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954f3 as applied by paragraph 19 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989f4;

  • section 6, 13, 14A or 22 of the Housing Act 1988f5; or

  • paragraph 6(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

12th December 1997

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Win Griffiths

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, Welsh Office

16th December 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971 (which regulate the procedure to be followed by rent assessment committees). The amendment takes account of the functions of rent assessment committees under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, as applied by Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, in relation to long residential tenancies.