2(1)Where—
(a)the registered rent includes a payment in respect of services, and
(b)the rent is not registered as a variable rent in accordance with section 71(4) of this Act, but
(c)not less than 5 per cent. of the amount of the registered rent is in the opinion of the rent officer or rent assessment committee fairly attributable to the services,
the amount so attributable shall be noted in the register.
(2)In the Cases mentioned in the first column of the Table below, the amount of the service element shall be calculated as specified in the second column.
| Case | Service element |
|---|---|
| Case A. A specified amount or proportion was in the previous rent limit attributable to the provision of services, and came to less than the noted amount. | The service element is the difference between the amount or proportion and the noted amount |
| Case B. No amount or proportion attributable to the provision of services is specified, but an amount less than the noted amount appears to the rent officer or rent assessment committee to have been attributable to such provision. | The service element is the difference between— (a) an amount bearing to the previous rent limit the same proportion as the noted amount bears to the registered rent, and (b) the noted amount. |
| Case C. No amount appears to the rent officer or rent assessment committee to have been attributable in the previous rent limit to the provision of services. | The service element is the noted amount. |
(3)The amount of the service element shall be recorded in the register, and in Case C above may be recorded by adding to the note under sub-paragraph (1) above a statement that the noted amount is the service element.