Regulation 8 Consequential amendments to the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971I1

England and Wales

(1)

The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation)^f2—

(a)

in the definition of “reference”, after “Local Government and Housing Act 1989”, replace the full stop with “, or which is made under regulation 3 of the Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022^f3.”;

(b)

at the appropriate places, insert the following definitions—

““dwelling” has the meaning given by section 246 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016^f4;”;

““relevant contract-holder” means a contract-holder (which has the meaning given by section 7(5) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016) under a relevant converted contract;”;

““relevant converted contract” has the meaning given by paragraph 15(3)^f5 of Schedule 12 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016;”;

“F1...”;

“F2...”.

(3)

In regulation 2A (1988 and 1989 Act references)^f6—

(a)

for the heading, substitute “References”;

(b)

in paragraph (1), after “Housing Act 1988;”, omit “or”;

(c)

in paragraph (1), after “Local Government and Housing Act 1989”, in the second place it occurs, replace the full stop with—

“; or
regulation 3 of the Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2022^f7.”.

(4)

In regulation 3(3)(c)^f8, after “tenant”, insert “F3... or relevant contract-holder”.

(5)

In regulation 5(1)(b)^f9—

F4(a)

for “assured tenancies or assured agricultural occupancies”, substitute “assured tenancies, assured agricultural occupancies or relevant converted contracts”,

(b)

after “dwelling-houses”, in both places it occurs, insert “or dwellings”.

(6)

In regulation 7—

(a)

in the heading, after “dwelling-house”, insert “or dwelling”, and

(b)

in paragraph (1), after “dwelling-house”, insert “or dwelling”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 8(2)(b) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1078), regs. 1, 3(4)(a)(i)
F2: Words in reg. 8(2)(b) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1078), regs. 1, 3(4)(a)(ii)
F3: Words in reg. 8(4) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1078), regs. 1, 3(4)(b)
F4: Reg. 8(5)(a) substituted (30.11.2022) by The Renting Homes (Rent Determination) (Converted Contracts) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1078), regs. 1, 3(4)(c)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 1.12.2022 , see reg. 1 (as amended by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/906), art. 13)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1971/1065.
f2: Regulation 2 was amended by regulation 2 of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1988/2200), regulation 2(a) of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/653), regulation 9 of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Leasehold Valuation Tribunal) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1854) and regulation 2(1) of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/427).
f3: S.I. 2022/781 (W. 170).
f4: 2016 anaw 1. Section 246(1) was amended by section 14 of and paragraphs 1 and 7 of Schedule 5 to the Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 3).
f5: Paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 12 to the Act was amended by regulation 12(b) of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/795 (W. 173)).
f6: Regulation 2A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/2200) and amended by regulation 2 of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/3007).
f7: S.I. 2022/781 (W. 170).
f8: Regulation 3(3) was substituted by regulation 3 of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/1699) and amended by regulation 4 of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. 1981/1783).
f9: Regulation 5(1)(b) was amended by regulation 2(5) of the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/2200).