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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87</dc:identifier><dc:title>Rent Act 1977</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate the Rent Act 1968, Parts III, IV and VIII of the Housing Finance Act 1972, the Rent Act 1974, sections 7 to 10 of the Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975, and certain related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.</dc:description><dc:date>1982-02-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-07-09</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-06-29</dct:valid>
					
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<CommentaryRef Ref="c16040201"/></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87" id="section-87"><Pnumber>87</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/1" id="section-87-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>There shall be a part of the register under Part IV of this Act in which rents may be registered for dwelling-houses which are let, or are, or are to be, available for letting, under a housing association tenancy.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2" id="section-87-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In relation to that part of the register the following (and no other) provisions of this Act:—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2/a" id="section-87-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>sections 67, . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c16040211"/><Addition ChangeId="d29p4605" CommentaryRef="c16040221"><Addition ChangeId="d29p4606" CommentaryRef="c16040231">67A, 70, 70A</Addition></Addition><Addition ChangeId="d29p4605" CommentaryRef="c16040221"> and 72</Addition>.</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2/b" id="section-87-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>section 71, except subsection (3), and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2/c" id="section-87-2-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>Schedules 11 . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c16040211"/>.</Text></P3para></P3><Text>shall apply in relation to housing association tenancies, and in their application to such tenancies shall have effect as if for any reference in those provisions to a regulated tenancy there were substituted a reference to a housing association tenancy.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/3" id="section-87-3"><Pnumber PuncAfter=")—(5)">3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c16040251"/></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/6" id="section-87-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A rent registered in any part of the register for a dwelling-house which becomes, or ceases to be, one subject to a housing association tenancy, shall be as effective as if it were registered in any other part of the register.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c16040201" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c01114" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87" SectionRef="section-87">S. 87</CitationSubRef> amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/51" id="c01115" Year="1980" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51" Title="Housing Act 1980">Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01116" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/51/section/74" CitationRef="c01115" SectionRef="section-74">s. 74</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01117" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/51/schedule/9/paragraph/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01115" SectionRef="schedule-9-paragraph-3">Sch. 9 para. 3</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c16040211" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/50" id="c01118" Year="1988" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="50" Title="Housing Act 1988">Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61, 75:1)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01119" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/50/section/140/2" CitationRef="c01118" SectionRef="section-140-2">s. 140(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01120" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/18" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01118" SectionRef="schedule-18">Sch. 18</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c16040221" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words substituted with saving by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/51" id="c01121" Year="1980" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51" Title="Housing Act 1980">Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01122" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/51/section/61/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01121" SectionRef="section-61-3">s. 61(3)</CitationSubRef>(<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>)(8)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c16040231" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="c01123" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/2/a" SectionRef="section-87-2-a">s. 87(2)(a)</CitationSubRef> substituted (1.4.1993) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/651" id="c01124" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="651">S.I. 1993/651</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01125" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/651/article/2/2" CitationRef="c01124" SectionRef="article-2-2">art. 2(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01126" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/651/schedule/2/paragraph/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01124" SectionRef="schedule-2-paragraph-6">Sch. 2 para. 6</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c16040251" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c01127" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/3" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/42/section/87/5" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-87-3" EndSectionRef="section-87-5">S. 87(3)–(5)</CitationSubRef> repealed with saving by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/51" id="c01128" Year="1980" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51" Title="Housing Act 1980">Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01129" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/51/section/61/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01128" SectionRef="section-61-3">s. 61(3)</CitationSubRef>(<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>)(8), Sch. 26</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>