The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Rent Information) Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 2199

LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Rent Information) Order 1988

Made

14th December 1988

Laid before Parliament

22nd December 1988

Coming into force

15th January 1989

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 42 of the Housing Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies and Agricultural Occupancies (Rent Information) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 15th January 1989.

2.  This Order applies to cases where the rent assessment committee for an area have made a determination under section 13(4) or 22(1) of the Housing Act 1988 or are precluded from making a determination on an application under section 22(1) by reason of section 22(3) of that Act.

3.  The President of the rent assessment panel for the area concerned shall, as respects those cases, make available for public inspection under section 42 of the Housing Act 1988 the information specified in the Schedule to this Order.

4.  The President of each rent assessment panel shall keep the specified information available for public inspection without charge during usual office hours at the office or principal office of that panel.

5.  A person requiring a copy of any specified information certified under the hand of an officer duly authorised by the President of the rent assessment panel concerned shall be entitled to obtain it on payment of a fee of £1 for the specified information relating to each determination or, where no determination is made, each application.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

13th December 1988

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

14th December 1988

SCHEDULE SPECIFIED INFORMATION

1.  Address of premises.

2.  Description of premises.

3.  Names and addresses of landlord and tenant.

4.  If granted for a term, date of commencement of the tenancy and length of term.

5.  The rental period.

6.  Allocation between landlord and tenant of liabilities for repairs.

7.  Whether any rates are borne by the landlord or a superior landlord.

8.  Details of services provided by the landlord or a superior landlord.

9.  Details of furniture provided by the landlord or a superior landlord.

10.  Any other terms of the tenancy or notice relating to the tenancy taken into consideration in determining the rent.

11.  The rent determined, the date it was determined and the amount (if any) of the rent which, in the opinion of the committee, is fairly attributable to the provision of services, except where that amount is in their opinion negligible, or, in a case where the committee are precluded from making a determination by section 22(3) of the Housing Act 1988, the rent currently payable under the assured shorthold tenancy.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the information on rents of assured tenancies and assured agricultural occupancies which is to be made publicly available by the President of each rent assessment panel, the manner in which it is to be made available and the fee to be charged for the supply of a certified copy of such information.

(1)

1988 c. 50.