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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Amendments of Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c.88) and Housing Act 1974 (c.44), Schedule 8

8In Schedule 8 to the 1974 Act (procedure for obtaining reduction of rateable value for purposes of the 1967 Act)—

(a)in paragraph 1(1) (notice to landlord requiring agreement to reduction), for " subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act substitute " section 1 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 ';

(b)in paragraph 2(2) (determinations by county court), omit from " and any such determination " onwards ;

(c)in paragraph 3(2)(o) (valuation officer's certificate) for "subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act" substitute section I of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 ";

(d)after paragraph 3 insert—

4Where a notice under paragraph 1 of this Schedule is served on or after 21st December 1979, the tenant shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by the landlord in investigating any matter specified in it..

(e)in paragraph 2 of the second Form set out in the Schedule, for the words "Schedule Seven to the Leasehold Reform Act 1967" substitute " Schedule 8 to the Housing Act 1974 ",

and in paragraph 3 of that Form for "Seven" substitute " 8 ".