The Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act introduced the protected tenancy in England and Wales.
The organization setting the rent, the Valuation Office Agency, was known as the "Rent Office".
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 155(5) of the act repealed 23 enactments, listed in schedule 25 to the act. +Enactments repealed by section 155(5)CitationShort titleExtent of repeal2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 56Landlord and Tenant Act 1954In section 22(1), from " Act of 1920" to "Acts, 1920 to 1938 ".7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 33House Purchase and Housing Act 1959In section 29(1), the definition of " controlled tenancy ".1968 c. 23Rent Act 1968The whole act.1969 c. 33Housing Act 1969In section 40(2)(a) the words " Part III ".Section 80.Section 81.Section 83.Schedule 7.In Schedule 8, paragraphs 32 and 33.In Schedule 9, paragraphs 3 to 5.1969 c. 62Rent (Control of Increases) Act 1969Section 5.Section 6.1970 c. 31Administration of Justice Act 1970Section 47.1970 c. 40Agriculture Act 1970Section 100.1971 c. 40Fire Precautions Act 1971In the Schedule, Part I.1971 c. 62Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971In Schedule 3, the entry relating to the Rent Act 1968.1972 c. 11Superannuation Act 1972In Schedule 6, paragraph 71.1972 c. 47Housing Finance Act 1972Sections 27 to 34.Sections 37 to 39.Sections 41 to 48.Sections 81 to 88.In section 103, in subsection (3), paragraphs (a) and (b) and in paragraph (d) the words from " section 7" to " cost of repairs)".Schedule 5.Schedule 6.In Schedule 9, paragraphs 10 to 13, 16 and 17.In Schedule 10, paragraph 7.1972 c. 62Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972In section 24, from the beginning to " 1968 and " and the words " case 14 or as the case may be ".1972 c. 70Local Government Act 1972Section 205.1973 c. 9Counter-Inflation Act 1973Section 14.In Schedule 4, paragraph 11(2).Schedule 5.1973 c. 26Land Compensation Act 1973Section 20(11).1974 c. 44Housing Act 1974In section 18, in subsection (1), the words from " subsection (5) " to " or in " and from "or paragraph 23" to "1975", in subsection (2), the words from "Part VIII" to "applies, or", the words " the Rent Act 1968 or of" and the words "the Rent Act 1968 or".In section 49(2), paragraph (c) and the word " or" immediately preceding it.In Schedule 3, in paragraph 1(1)(b), the words from " section 5(5)" to "or of", in paragraph 1(3)(c) the words " the Rent Act 1968, or to ", in paragraph 3(1) the words "of the Rent Act 1968 or of", in paragraph 4(3) the words from "section 113" to " in Scotland ", and Part II.In Schedule 13, paragraphs 16, 17, 25 to 29, 33, 34 and 37.In Schedule 14, paragraph 4.In Schedule 15, in the entry relating to the Rent Act 1968, the words " and Schedule 2 ".1974 c. 51Rent Act 1974Section 1(4)(c).In section 2, in subsection (3), the words "paragraph 1 or, as the case may require,", and from the beginning of subsection (4) to " this Act and ".In section 3, subsection (1) and from the beginning of subsection (3) to " 1968 and ".Section 4(1) and (2).In section 5, from the beginning of subsection (2) to " may require" and, in subsection (3), the words from " section 45(1)(b) " to " may require ".Sections 6, 7 and 8.In section 13, in subsection (1), the words from " subsection (2) " to " may require " and in subsection (2)(a) the words " 18(2) or, as the case may require,".Section 14(1) and (2).In section 15, in subsection (1), the words from " a Part VI" to " may require" (in the definition of furnished letting), the words from " in relation", where they first occur, to " to Scotland" (in the definition of the Rent Act) and the words from " Part VI " to " may require " (in the definition of the relevant Part of the Rent Act) and, in subsection (2), the words from " section 113(1) " to " may require ".Section 17(2) and (4).In Schedule 1, paragraph 4(2), in paragraph 5(1) the words from " Case 10 " to " case may be ", in paragraph 5(2) the words from " section 79 " to " case may be", and paragraphs 8 to 16.In Schedule 2, paragraphs 1, 3 and 4.1975 c. 6Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975Sections 7 to 10.In section 16(1), the definitions of " contractual period", " notice of increase ", " registered", "regulated tenancy" and " statutory period ".Schedules 2 to 4.In Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 and 2.1975 c. 18Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975In Schedule 2, paragraph 34.1975 c. 60Social Security Pensions Act 1975In Schedule 4, paragraph 11.1975 c. 78Airports Authority Act 1975In Schedule 5, in Part II, paragraph 1.1976 c. 76Development of Rural Wales Act 1976In Schedule 7, paragraph 6.1976 c. 80Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976Section 40(4).In Schedule 8, paragraphs 19 to 26, 32 and 33.
See also Rent regulation English land law
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