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Housing Act 2004

Housing Act 2004

2004 CHAPTER 34

Commentary on Sections

Part 7

Section 229: Residential property tribunals

550.Section 229 provides that the jurisdiction under this Act or any other enactment given to a RPT is to be exercised by a Rent Assessment Committee constituted under the Rent Act 1977 and when exercising that jurisdiction a committee is a RPT. The section also provides that the appropriate national authority can, by order approved by both Houses of Parliament, confer additional jurisdiction on the RPT and modify the Act or any other enactment accordingly.

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