Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)

SCHEDULES

Section 65.

SCHEDULE 10 E+W Rent Assessment Committees

[F1 1. E+W The Welsh Ministers shall draw up and from time to time revise a panel of persons to act as chairmen and other members of rent assessment committees in Wales.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 10 paras. 1 2 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(a) (with Sch. 3)

2. E+W The panel shall consist of a number of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor and a number of persons appointed by the Welsh Ministers.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 10 paras. 1 2 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(a) (with Sch. 3)

F2 [2A E+W No appointment of a person to [F3 the panel] by the Lord Chancellor shall be such as to extend beyond the day on which the person attains the age of seventy years; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Lord Chancellor’s power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of seventy-five years).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 10 para. 2A inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 26(10), Sch. 6 para.56 (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2

F3 Words in Sch. 10 para. 2A substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(b) (with Sch. 3)

3 E+W The [F4 Welsh Ministers] shall nominate one of the persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor to act as president of the panel, and one or more such persons to act as vice-president or vice-presidents.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 10 para. 3 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(c) (with Sch. 3)

4 E+W Subject to this Schedule, the number of rent assessment committees [F5 in Wales] and the constitution of those committees shall be determined by the president of the panel F6 ... or, in the case of the president’s absence or incapacity, by the vice-president or, as the case may be, one of the vice-presidents.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Sch. 10 para. 4 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(d)(i) (with Sch. 3)

F6 Words in Sch. 10 para. 4 omitted (1.7.2013) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(d)(ii) (with Sch. 3)

5 E+W Subject to [F7 [F8 paragraphs 5A, 6] and 6A] below, each rent assessment committee shall consist of a chairman and one or two other members, and the chairman shall be either the president or vice-president (or, as the case may be, one of the vice-presidents) of the panel or one of the other members appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

Textual Amendments

F7 Words substituted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), s. 71(2)

F8 Words in Sch. 10 para. 5 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(e) (with Sch. 3)

[F9 5A. E+W A member of the First-tier Tribunal may, at the request of the president or vice-president of the panel and with the approval of the Senior President of Tribunals, act as a member of a rent assessment committee in Wales.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 10 para. 5A inserted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(f) (with Sch. 3)

6 E+W The president of the panel may, if he thinks fit, direct that when dealing with such cases or dealing with a case in such circumstances as may be specified in the direction, the chairman sitting alone may, with the consent of the parties, exercise the functions of a rent assessment committee.

[F10 6A E+W 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.]

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 10 para. 6A inserted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), s. 71(2)

7 E+W There shall be paid to members [F11 of the panel] such remuneration and allowances as the [F12 Welsh Ministers] , F13 . . ., may determine.

Textual Amendments

F11 Words in Sch. 10 para. 7 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(g)(i) (with Sch. 3)

F12 Words in Sch. 10 para. 7 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(g)(ii) (with Sch. 3)

F13 Words in Sch. 10 para. 7 repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 222, 227, Sch. 18 Pt. IV para. 22(1)(a)(3), Sch. 19 Pt. XIII; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (with Sch.)

[F14 7A E+W The [F15 Welsh Ministers] may, F16 . . ., provide for the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any person nominated to act as president or vice-president of [F17 the panel] .]

Textual Amendments

F14 Sch. 10 para. 7A inserted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), s. 148

F15 Words in Sch. 10 para. 7A substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(h)(i) (with Sch. 3)

F16 Words in Sch. 10 para. 7A repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 222, 227, Sch. 18 Pt. IV para. 22(1)(a)(3), Sch. 19 Pt. XIII; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (with Sch.)

F17 Words in Sch. 10 para. 7A substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(h)(ii) (with Sch. 3)

8 E+W The President of the panel may appoint, with the approval of the [F18 Welsh Ministers] as to numbers, such clerks and other officers and servants of rent assessment committees as he thinks fit, and there shall be paid to the clerks and other officers and servants such salaries and allowances as the [F18 Welsh Ministers] , F19 . . ., may determine.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words in Sch. 10 para. 8 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(i) (with Sch. 3)

F19 Words in Sch. 10 para. 8 repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 22, 227, Sch. 18 Pt. IV para. 22(1)(a)(3), Sch. 19 Pt. XIII; S.I. 1996/2402, art. 3 (with Sch.)

9 E+W There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament—

(a) the remuneration and allowances of members of [F20 the panel] ;

(b) the salaries and allowances of clerks and other officers and servants appointed under this Schedule; and

(c) [F21 such other expenses of the panel as the Welsh Ministers may determine] .

Textual Amendments

F20 Words in Sch. 10 para. 9(a) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(j)(i) (with Sch. 3)

F21 Words in Sch. 10 para. 9(c) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 33(j)(ii) (with Sch. 3)

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Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 15(6), 17, 18(3)(4), 24(1)(2), 27–43, 50, 53, 67(6), 70(5), 76, 79(4), 86(5), 91, 92(6)(7), 108–113, 115, 117, 130, 133–135, 141(2), 155(1), Sch. 1 para. 8, Schs. 3, 4, 6, Sch. 7 para. 4, Sch. 10 para. 10, Sch. 11 paras. 13, 14 and 15–25, Sch. 13, Sch. 14 para. 6, Sch. 17 paras. 10, 11, Sch. 19, Sch. 20 paras. 1(6)(7), 4, Schs. 21, 22, Sch. 23 paras.1, 4(g)–(i), 37, 38 repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 26