Supplementary

17 Short title, citation, application, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Rent Act 1974.

(2)

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(3)

This Act and the Rent (Scotland) Acts 1971 and 1972 may be cited together as the Rent (Scotland) Acts 1971 to 1974.

(4)

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(5)

This Act shall come into operation at the expiry of the period of two weeks beginning with the date on which it is passed.

(6)

F3section 11 of this Act does not extend to Scotland and sections 3(2), 4(3) and (4), 9, 10, 12 and 14(3) of this Act and Part III of Schedules 1 and 2 to this Act extend to Scotland only.

(7)

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.