Counter-Inflation Act 1973

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I The Agencies

   1. 1. Establishment of two Agencies: the Price Commission and the Pay Board

   2. 2. Code for guidance of Agencies

3. PART II Prices, Pay, .Dividends and Rents

   1. 3. Commencement of Part II

   2. 4. Duration and reactivation of Part II

   3. Prices and pay

      1. 5. Notification of price and pay increases, and approvals and consents

      2. 6. Powers of Price Commission

      3. 7. Powers of Pay Board

      4. 8. Power to modify Acts about prices and pay

      5. 9. Restrictions on insurance premiums

   4. Dividends and rent

      1. 10. Restrictions on dividends

      2. 11. Orders about rent

4. PART III Price Control Related to Value Added Tax

   1. 12. Introduction of value added tax: temporary power to control prices and charges

5. PART IV Miscellaneous

   1. 13. Power to modify subordinate legislation about prices and charges

   2. 14. Protected tenancies

6. PART V Supplemental

   1. 15. Power to obtain information

   2. 16. Power to obtain information about rates from rating and other authorities

   3. 17. Offences

   4. 18. Offences by unincorporated bodies

   5. 19. Application to Scotland

   6. 20. Application to Northern Ireland

   7. 21. Interpretation

   8. 22. Expenses

   9. 23. Short title, supplemental provisions and repeals

7. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      The Agencies

      1. PART I Agencies' Functions Under Part II

         1. 1. (1) Each Agency shall in accordance with this paragraph make...

      2. PART II Advisory Role of the Agencies

         1. References and instructions

            1. 2. (1) The Minister may refer to the appropriate Agency any...

         2. Supplemental provisions

            1. 3. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 2 above " the...

      3. PART III Incidental Provisions Having Effect in Relation to Each Agency

         1. 4. The Agency shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession...

         2. Appointment of members

            1. 5. (1) The Secretary of State may appoint persons to the...

         3. Tenure of office, etc, of members

            1. 6. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...

         4. Tenure of office of chairman and deputies

            1. 7. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...

         5. Remuneration and expenses of members

            1. 8. The Secretary of State shall, out of money provided by...

         6. Application of House of Commons Disqualification Act

            1. 9. In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...

         7. Officers and servants

            1. 10. The Agency— (a) shall have a secretary, to be appointed...

            2. 11. (1) The Agency shall pay to their officers and servants...

         8. General provisions with respect to the Agency's proceedings

            1. 12. The validity of any proceedings of the Agency shall not...

            2. 13. Subject to paragraph 18 below, the Agency may determine their...

         9. Exercise of chairman's functions during absence, incapacity etc.

            1. 14. (1) At any time when the chairman of the Agency...

         10. Inquiries

             1. 15. (1) The Agency may hold such inquiries as they consider...

             2. 16. (1) For the purposes of any inquiry under this Act,...

         11. Publication of information and advice

             1. 17. The Agency may arrange for the publication, in such form...

         12. Power of Secretary of State to give directions

             1. 18. In determining any matter of procedure (including the quorum necessary...

         13. Expenses of the Agency

             1. 19. The expenses incurred by the Agency under paragraph 11 above...

         14. Interpretation

             1. 20. This Part of this Schedule shall have effect in relation...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Approvals and Consents

      1. Procedure for approving proposed increases

         1. 1. (1) The Minister may by order establish procedures by which,...

         2. 2. (1) Where an Agency approve proposals for an increase in...

         3. 3. Where notice of an increase is given under section 5...

         4. 4. (1) Any reference in this Act to an order under...

      2. Consents by Agencies

         1. 5. (1) There is no contravention of an order or notice...

      3. Consents by the Minister

         1. 6. (1) If, after consultation with the Agency, the Minister is...

      4. Terms of consents

         1. 7. (1) Any power of granting a consent conferred by or...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Supplemental Provisions

      1. PART I Orders and Notices Under This Act

         1. 1. (1) An order or notice under Part II of this...

         2. Identification of two or more different persons

            1. 2. (1) For the purposes of sections 5 to 7 of...

         3. Validity of transactions

            1. 3. (1) The Minister may by order made at any time...

         4. Application of provisions of the Interpretation Act 1889

            1. 4. On the expiration of Part II of this Act (whether...

         5. Notices and orders

            1. 5. (1) The Minister may by regulations prescribe the manner in...

         6. Crown servants

            1. 6. (1) Although this Act does not bind the Crown an...

         7. Consultations by Ministers before the passing of this Act

            1. 7. A provision of this Act which imposes on a Minister...

      2. PART II Orders and Notices under the Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972

         1. Orders and notices about prices, charges and remuneration

            1. 8. (1) Any order or notice which was made or given...

         2. Adaptations of the Temporary Provisions Act

            1. 9. The references in section 3 of the said Act of...

            2. 10. (1) The reference in paragraph 1(4) of the Schedule to...

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Enforcement

      1. Enforcement by local weights and measures authorities

         1. 1. (1) Every local weights and measures authority may within their...

      2. Power of Minister to designate officers for purposes of enforcement

         1. 2. (1) The Minister may by order designate—

      3. Powers of inspection and entry

         1. 3. (1) A duly authorised officer of the Minister, or of...

      4. Restriction on disclosure of information obtained under this Act

         1. 4. (1) This paragraph applies to information given or supplied pursuant...

      5. Expenses to be treated as special expenses of county councils

         1. 5. (1) In respect of any period during which a district...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Rent Restriction

      1. Special rent limit for existing tenancies brought within the Rent Act

         1. 1. (1) This paragraph applies to a regulated tenancy—

         2. 2. (1) Where at the date of the passing of this...

      2. Adjustment for repairs, services or rates

         1. 3. (1) This paragraph applies to a contractual period the rent...

      3. Statutory period of tenancy: no adjustment for improvements

         1. 4. Section 25 of the Rent Act 1968 (increase for improvements)...

      4. Premiums

         1. 5. (1) This paragraph has effect where a premium was lawfully...

         2. 6. (1) Where the tenancy to which paragraph 5(1) above applies...

      5. Tenancies ending before passing of this Act

         1. 7. (1) This paragraph applies where the tenancy of a dwelling-house...

      6. Mortgages

         1. 8. At the end of section 93 of the Rent Act...

      7. Grounds for possession of dwelling-house

         1. 9. If at the date of the passing of this Act...

      8. Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests Act) 1951

         1. 10. In section 16(2)(a) of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection...

      9. Tenancies at a low rent

         1. 11. (1) At the end of section 2(1) of the Rent...

      10. Construction

          1. 12. In this Schedule— (a) " rates " includes water rates...

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      Repeals