The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1980

• Citation: S.I. 1980/1699
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1980 and shall come into operation on 28th November 1980.

(2) In these regulations “ the principal regulations ” means the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971.

Section 2

In regulation 2(2) of the principal regulations, for the definition of “committee” , there shall be substituted the following definition:–

“ committee ” means a rent assessment committee constituted under Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977, to which a reference is made, but does not include a rent assessment committee carrying out the functions conferred on it by section 72 (Functions of Rent Tribunals) or section 142 (Leasehold Valuation Tribunals) of the Housing Act 1980 .

Section 3

For regulation 3(3) of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following:–

(3) Notices of such date, time and place shall be given by the committee, not less than 14 days before the said date—

(a) Where the reference is an application for a certificate of fair rent referred pursuant to paragraph 7 of Schedule 12 to the Rent Act 1977 , to the applicant and, in a case to which paragraph 11 of the said Schedule applies, to the tenant;

(b) where the reference is an application supported by a certificate of fair rent referred pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 11 to the Rent Act 1977, to the applicant; and

(c) in every other case, to the landlord and the tenant.