The Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1998

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

Amendment of registration areas

2.  For the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rents under regulated tenancies)(1) there shall be—

(a) the Cambridgeshire registration area comprising the counties(2) of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough;

(b) the Cheshire registration area comprising the counties(3) of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington;

(c) the Devon registration area comprising the counties(4) of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay;

(d) the Essex registration area comprising the counties(5) of Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock;

(e) the Hereford and Worcester registration area comprising the counties(6) of Herefordshire and Worcestershire;

(f) the Kent registration area comprising the counties(7) of Kent and the Medway Towns;

(g) the Lancashire registration area comprising the counties(8) of Blackburn, Blackpool and Lancashire;

(h) the Nottinghamshire registration area comprising the counties(9) of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; and

(i) the Shropshire registration area comprising the counties(10) of Shropshire and The Wrekin.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

13th January 1998