Rent Act 1977

142 Rules as to procedure.E+W

(1)The Lord Chancellor may make such rules and give such directions as he thinks fit for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act and may, by those rules or directions, provide for the conduct so far as desirable in private of any proceedings for the purposes of those provisions and for the remission of any fees.

(2)The power vested in the Lord Chancellor by subsection (1) above may, when the Great Seal is in commission, be exercised by any Lord Commissioner.

(3)The power conferred by subsection (1) above shall not be exercisable in relation to the following provisions of this Act:—

(a)Part IV, except section 75(2);

(b)Part V;

(c)Part VI;

(d)sections 103 to 106, except subsection (4).

(4)Any rules made under this section shall be contained in a statutory instrument.