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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as The Rent Assessment Committees Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.

(2)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:—

  • “chairman” means the chairman of a committee;

  • “committee” means a rent assessment committee or committees, constituted under Schedule 1 to the Order to which a reference is made;

  • “hearing” means the meeting of a committee to hear oral representations made in relation to an application;

  • “controlled tenancy” has the meaning given in Article 40(4) of the Order;

  • “the Order” means The Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006;

  • “party” means the landlord or the tenant.

(3)

For the purposes of any of these regulations relating to a 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 2, of Schedule 2, to the Order.