SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11 Applications for Registration of Rent

Part I Application Unsupported by Certificate of Fair Rent

Determination of fair rent by rent assessment committee

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F2A rent assessment committee to whom a matter is referred under paragraph 6 above—

a

may by notice in the prescribed form served on the landlord or the tenant require him to give to the committee, within such period of not less than 14 days from the service of the notice as may be specified in the notice, such further information, in addition to any given to the rent officer in pursuance of paragraph 1 above, as they may reasonably require; and

b

shall serve on the landlord and on the tenant a notice specifying a period of not less than F17 days from the service of the notice during which either representations in writing or a request to make oral representations may be made by him to the committee.

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If any person fails without reasonable cause to comply with any notice served on him under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above, he shall be liable on a first conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 and on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding £100.

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Where an offence under sub-paragraph (2) above committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager or secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.