Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)

SCHEDULES

Sections 18(4), 115.

SCHEDULE 17 E+W Converted Tenancies: Modification of Act

1 E+W In this Schedule—

• “converted tenancy” means a tenancy which has become a regulated tenancy by virtue of [F1 any of the enactments mentioned in section 18A of this Act.]

• “the conversion” means the time when the tenancy became a regulated tenancy.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted for paras. (a)(b) by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 25 Pt. I para. 59(a)

2 E+W In relation to any rental period beginning after the conversion, sections 45 to 47 of this Act shall have effect as if references therein to the last contractual period were references to the last rental period beginning before the conversion.

3—4. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 17 paras. 3, 4 repealed with saving by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 25 Pt. I para. 59(b), Pt. II para. 78, Sch. 26

5 E+W Section 5(1) of this Act shall not apply to the converted tenancy after the conversion.

6 E+W Section 70 of this Act shall apply in relation to the converted tenancy as if the references in subsection (3) of that section to the tenant under the regulated tenancy included references to the tenant under the tenancy before the conversion.

7 E+W [F3 None of the enactments mentioned in section 18A of this Act shall] be taken as affecting any court proceedings, instituted under this Act (or, as the case may be, the M1 Rent Act 1968) before the conversion, which may affect the recoverable rent before the conversion, or the rent under the regulated tenancy after the conversion so far as that depends on the previous rent.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words substituted by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 25 Pt. I para. 59(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 1968 c. 23.

8 E+W Any court order in any proceedings to which paragraph 7 above applies which is made after the conversion may exclude from the effect of the order rent for any rental period beginning before the conversion, or for any later rental period beginning before the making of the order.

9 E+W Any right conferred on a tenant by section 38 of, or paragraph 6(4) of Schedule 6 to, this Act to recover any amount by deducting it from rent shall be exercisable by deducting it from rent for any rental period beginning after the conversion to the same extent as the right would have been exercisable if the conversion had not taken place.

10—11. E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F4 Ss. 15(6), 17, 18(3)(4), 24(1)(2), 27–43, 50, 53, 67(6), 70(5), 76, 79(4), 86(5), 91, 92(6)(7), 108–113, 115, 117, 130, 133–135, 141(2), 155(1), Sch. 1 para. 8, Schs. 3, 4, 6, Sch. 7 para. 4, Sch. 10 para. 10, Sch. 11 paras. 13, 14 and 15–25, Sch. 13, Sch. 14 para. 6, Sch. 17 paras. 10, 11, Sch. 19, Sch. 20 paras. 1(6)(7), 4, Schs. 21, 22, Sch. 23 paras.1, 4(g)–(i), 37, 38 repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 26