3. For the purposes of these regulations a person who has been or is deemed to have been appointed as a rent officer in pursuance of a scheme under section 63 of the Rent Act 1977(1) shall be deemed to be an officer in employment—
(a)where subsection (9) of that section applies (registration area a metropolitan county), with the district council designated by the relevant scheme made under that section; and
(b)in any other case, with the local authority for whose area the relevant scheme is made, or has effect as if made, under that section.
1977 c. 42; section 63 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 16, Schedule 8, the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), section 120, 121, 140, Schedule 14, 18, and the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), section 190, Schedule 8.