The Rent Assessment Committee (England and Wales) (Leasehold Valuation Tribunal) (Amendment) Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/2178
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Rent Assessment Committee (England and Wales) (Leasehold Valuation Tribunal) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st February 1988.Interpretation

Section 2 Citation and commencement

In these Regulations:—

“the 1971 Regulations ” means the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971( ); and

“the 1981 Regulations ” means the Rent Assessment Committee (England and Wales) (Leasehold Valuation Tribunal) Regulations 1981( ).

Section 3 Citation and commencement

The 1971 Regulations are amended by the addition in regulation 2(2), in the definition of “committee”, after the words “Housing Act 1980” of the words “or by section 13 (determination by rent assessment committees of questions relating to purchase notices) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987”.

Section 4 The 1981 Regulations

The 1981 Regulations are amended as follows:—

(1) In regulation 2, after the words “Leasehold Reform Act 1967”, insert the words “or under section 13 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987”.

(2) For regulation 3, substitute the following,

(3) The form of application and the particulars prescribed under the following sections of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 or, as the case may be, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 are the following forms and the particulars contained therein:—

(a) in the case of an application under section 21(1)(a) of the 1967 Act, FormNo. 1 in the Schedule hereto,

(b) in the case of an application under section 21(1)(b) of the 1967 Act, FormNo. 2 in the Schedule hereto,

(c) in the case of an application under section 21(1)(c) of the 1967 Act, FormNo. 3 in the Schedule hereto, and

(d) in the case of an application under section 13 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, Form No. 4 in the Schedule hereto,or, in each case, a form substantially to the like effect.

(3) In regulation 5 (2), for the words “not less than 14 days before the said date” substitute the words “not less than 21 days before the said date (or such shorter period as the parties to the proceedings may agree)”.

(4) In regulation 10—

(a) in paragraph 1, after the words “inspect the” omit the words “house and”; and

(b) in paragraph 4, after the words “any comparable” omit the words “house or” and after the words “apply to” omit the words “house and”.

(5) In the Schedule, after Form No. 3, add, as Form No. 4, the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.