Rent Act 1977

129 Mortgages to which Part X applies. E+W

(1) This Part of this Act is concerned with mortgages which—

(a) were created before the relevant date, and

[F1 (b) are regulated mortgages as defined in section 131 of this Act.]

(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, “relevant date”—

(a) in a case where, on 28th November 1967, land consisting of or including a dwelling-house was subject to a long tenancy which became a regulated tenancy on that date by virtue of section 39 of the M1 Leasehold Reform Act 1967, means, in relation to that land, 28th November 1967;

(b) in a case where, on 22nd March 1973, land consisting of or including a dwelling-house was subject to a tenancy which became a regulated tenancy by virtue of section 14 of the M2 Counter-Inflation Act 1973, means, in relation to that land, 22nd March 1973;

(c) in the case of land consisting of or including a dwelling-house subject to a regulated furnished tenancy, means, in relation to that land, 14th August 1974; and

(d) in any other case, means 8th December 1965.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 129(1)(b) substituted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 25 Pt. I para. 48

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 88.

M2 1973 c. 9.