Regulation 2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 2 amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2022/781, reg. 8(2)(b) by Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) 2022 reg. 3(4)(a)
reg.2(2) amended by Rent Assessment Committees 1993 reg.2(a)
reg.2 (defn. of cormi ttee) substituted by Rent Assessment Committee (Leasehold Valuation Tribunal) 1997 reg.9
reg. 2(2) words omitted by Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) 2022 Sch. 1 para. 1(a)
reg. 2 words replaced by Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) 2022 reg. 8(2)(a)
reg. 2 words inserted by Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) 2022 reg. 8(2)(b)

(1)

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“chairman” means the chairman of a committee;
“committee” means a rent assessment committee, constituted under Schedule 5 to the Rent Act 1968, to which a reference is made;
“hearing” means the meeting or meetings of a committee to hear oral representations made in relation to a reference;
“party” means, in the case where a reference is subject to a hearing, any person who is entitled under regulation 3(3) of these regulations to receive notice of the hearing and, in the case where a reference is not to be subject to a hearing, any person who is entitled to make representations in writing to the committee;
“reference” means a matter or an application, as the case may be, which is referred by a rent officer to a rent assessment committee under Schedule 6 or Schedule 7 to the Rent Act 1968, or Part II of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1969.

(3)

For the purpose of any of these regulations relating to procedure at a hearing, any reference to a party shall be construed as including a reference to a person authorised by a party to make oral representations on his behalf pursuant to paragraph 8, or paragraph 12(1), of Schedule 6, or paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 7, to the Rent Act 1968, or paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1969, as the case may be.