SCHEDULE 2 Consequential provisions – secondary legislation

PART 1 Provisions consequential upon transfer of functions from rent assessment committees for areas in England

The Long Residential Tenancies (Principal Forms) Regulations 1997

25.  In Form 5—

(a) in the heading, for “Rent Assessment Committee” substitute “Tribunal”;

(b) in the instructions preceding paragraph 1—

(i) for “rent assessment committee” in both places, substitute “tribunal”;

(ii) for “the committee hearing”, substitute “the tribunal hearing”;

(c) in the paragraph preceding paragraph 7—

(i) for “rent assessment committee” substitute “tribunal”;

(ii) for “committee” at each place, substitute “tribunal”;

(d) in paragraph 7, for “rent assessment committee”, substitute “appropriate tribunal”;

(e) in the Notes, for “the committee”, at each place, substitute “the tribunal”;

(f) after Note 1 insert—

“Note 1A: If your property is in England, “tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal or where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal. If your property is in Wales, “a tribunal” means a rent assessment committee.”;

(g) in Note 4, for “rent assessment committee” substitute “tribunal”.