Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2547

The Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1996

---

© Crown Copyright 1996

Statutory Instruments printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament.

The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users.

It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Statutory Instrument which are issued or made available to the public. This includes reproduction of the Statutory Instrument on the Internet and on intranet sites. The Royal Arms may be reproduced only where they are an integral part of the original document.

The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1996, ISBN 0110630939. The print version may be purchased by clicking here. Braille copies of this Statutory Instrument can also be purchased at the same price as the print edition by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 5522 or e-mail:customer.services@tso.co.uk.

Further information about the publication of legislation on this website can be found by referring to the Frequently Asked Questions.

To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available.

1996 No. 2547

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992^[1] and of all powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

Amendment of registration areas
    2.    For the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rents under regulated tenancies)^[2] there shall be—
 (a) the Bedfordshire registration area comprising the counties^[3] of Bedfordshire and Luton;
 (b) the Buckinghamshire registration area comprising the counties^[4] of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes;
 (c) the Derbyshire registration area comprising the counties^[5] of Derbyshire and Derby;
 (d) the Dorset registration area comprising the counties^[6]of—
 (i) Bournemouth;
 (ii) Dorset; and
 (iii) Poole;
 (e) the Durham registration area comprising the counties^[7] of Darlington and Durham;
 (f) the East Sussex registration area comprising the counties^[8] of Brighton and Hove and East Sussex;
 (g) the Hampshire registration area comprising the counties^[9] of—
 (i) Hampshire;
 (ii) Portsmouth; and
 (iii) Southampton;
 (h) the Leicestershire registration area comprising the counties^[10] of—
 (i) Leicestershire;
 (ii) Leicester; and
 (iii) Rutland;
 (i) the Staffordshire registration area comprising the counties^[11] of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent;
 (j) the Wiltshire registration area comprising the counties^[12] of Thamesdown and Wiltshire.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

David Curry

Minister of State,
Department of the Environment

7th October 1996

Registration areas are the organisational units for the rent officer service and rent assessment committees. Section 62 of the Rent Act 1977 provides that registration areas for the purposes of Part IV (Registration of Rent Under Regulated Tenancies) of that Act outside London are counties. Article 2 of this Order redefines the registration areas named in that article, as a consequence of the reorganisation of the counties named in that article under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1992.

[1] 1992 c. 19 and see regulation 3 of the Local Government Changes (Rent Act) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2451). back

[2] 1977 c. 42. back

[3] S.I. 1995/1776. back

[4] S.I. 1995/1769. back

[5] S.I. 1995/1773. back

[6] S.I. 1995/1771. back

[7] S.I. 1995/1772. back

[8] S.I. 1995/1770. back

[9] S.I. 1995/1775. back

[10] S.I. 1996/507. back

[11] S.I. 1995/1779. back

[12] S.I. 1995/1774. back