Housing Act 1980

71 Cancellation of rents registered under Part V of Rent Act 1977. E+W

(1) After section 81 of the 1977 Act (effect of registration of rent under section 79) there is inserted the following section—

“81A Cancellation of registration of rent

(1) Where the rent payable for any dwelling is entered in the register under section 79 of this Act, the rent tribunal shall cancel the entry, on an application made under this section, if—

(a) not less than two years have elapsed since the date of entry;

(b) the dwelling is not for the time being subject to a restricted contract; and

(c) the application is made by the person who would be the lessor if the dwelling were subject to a restricted contract.

(2) An application under this section must be in the prescribed form, and contain the prescribed particulars.

(3) Cancellation of the registration shall be without prejudice to a further registration of a rent at any time after the cancellation.

(4) The rent tribunal shall notify the applicant of their decision to grant, or to refuse, any application under this section.”

(2) In Schedule 10 to the 1977 Act (rent assessment committees), in paragraph 5 for the words “paragraph 6” there are substituted the words “paragraphs 6 and 6A” and after paragraph 6 there is inserted the following paragraph—

“6A When dealing with an application under section 81A of this Act a rent assessment committee carrying out the functions of a rent tribunal shall consist of the chairman of the committee sitting alone.”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 55(1), 59(2)(3), 61(1)–(7), 62, 63, 65(1)–(5), 66(1)–(4), 67–69, 70(1), 71, 73(1)–(4), 74(1)(2), 75, 76, 78, 79, 138, 141, 143(3), 148, 152(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991