Local Government and Housing Act 1989

The Rent Act 1977

51 In section 74 of the [1977 c. 42.] Rent Act 1977 (regulations made by Secretary of State), in subsection (1), in paragraph (b) (procedure of rent officers and rent assessment committees) after “1988” there shall be inserted “or Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989”.

52 (1) In section 116 of that Act (dwelling subject to statutory tenancy: works to which the tenant is unwilling to consent) in subsection (2) for the words from “paragraph (a)” to “paragraph (b)” there shall be substituted “any of paragraphs (a) to (c)”.

(2) At the end of subsection (3) of that section there shall be added “or

(c) that the works were specified in an application for a renovation grant, a common parts grant, a disabled facilities grant or an HMO grant under Part VIII of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and the application has been approved.”

(3) At the end of subsection (5) of that section there shall be added the words “or, as the case may be, with any condition under section 118(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989”.

53 (1) In section 137 of that Act (effect on sub-tenancy of determination of superior tenancy), in subsection (5) after the words “a protected tenancy” there shall be inserted “or an assured tenancy, within the meaning of Part I of the Housing Act 1988”.

(2) In subsection (6) of that section—

(a) in paragraph (a) after “1954” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, served under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989”;

(b) in paragraph (b) for the words “that Act” there shall be substituted “the said Act of 1954 or, as the case may be, paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 10”; and

(c) in the words following paragraph (b) for the words “Part I of that Act” there shall be substituted “Part I of the said Act of 1954 or, as the case may be, the said Schedule 10”.