Article 3 Applications to rent officer

(1)

The provisions of this article apply in any case where an application has been made to the rent officer for an existing registration area under—

(a)

section 44 of the Rent Act (applications for registration of rents), or

(b)

section 44A of the Rent Act (inserted by section 39 of the Housing Finance Act 1972) (applications to rent officers by local authorities), or

(c)

section 45 of the Rent Act (certificates of fair rent), or

(d)

section 48A of the Rent Act (inserted by section 41 of the Housing Finance Act 1972) (cancellation of registration of rents), or

(e)

section 30 of the Housing Finance Act 1972 (certificates of fair rent under tenancies to be converted from control),

and that application has not been disposed of by that rent officer before the coming into operation of this order.

(2)

Where the provisions of this article apply, the proceedings consequent upon that application shall be continued and completed by the rent officer for the new registration area in which is, or is to be, situated, the dwelling-house, or the proposed dwelling-house (intended to be provided as mentioned in section 45(1)(a) of the Rent Act), to which that application relates, as if that application had been made to him.

(3)

For the purpose of paragraph (1) above, an application to a rent officer shall not be treated as having been disposed of if any duty remains to be performed by him under—

(a)

Schedule 6 to the Rent Act (applications for registration of rents), or

(b)

Schedule 7 to the Rent Act (certificates of fair rent under regulated tenancies), or

(c)

Schedule 5 to the Housing Finance Act 1972 (certificates of fair rent and registration of rents for tenancies converted from control), or

(d)

the Rent Regulation (Local Authority Applications) Regulations 1972^f1 (applications to rent officers by local authorities).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: (1972 II, p. 3954).