Rent Act 1977
4. The repeals in whole or in part of the provisions of the 1977 Act specified below do not apply in relation to an increase in rent up to, or towards, a registered rent —
(1) in relation to which the relevant date for the purposes of Schedule 8 to the Rent Act 1977 (phasing of rent increases: general provisions) falls before the 15th January 1989, or
(2) pursuant to the first application under section 67 or section 68 of the 1977 Act (applications for registration or consideration of fair rent) relating to a regulated tenancy which has been converted from a controlled tenancy and for which no rent was registered under Part IV of the 1977 Act before 4th May 1987 —
section 88(2),
section 89,
Schedule 8.