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Section 72: Effect of registration of rent.

Rent Act 1977 · 1977 c. 42View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: Registration of Rents Under Regulated Tenancies

The registration of a rent for a dwelling-house takes effect—

if the rent is determined by the rent officer, from the date when it is registered, and
if the rent is determined by the appropriate tribunal, from the date when the tribunal make their decision.

If the rent for the time being registered is confirmed, the confirmation takes effect—

if it is made by the rent officer, from the date when it is noted in the register, and
if it is made by the appropriate tribunal, from the date when the tribunal make their decision.
If (by virtue of section 67(4) of this Act) an application for registration of a rent is made before the expiry of the period mentioned in section 67(3) and the resulting registration of a rent for the dwelling-house, or confirmation of the rent for the time being registered, would, but for this subsection, take effect before the expiry of that period it shall take effect on the expiry of that period.

The date from which the registration or confirmation of a rent takes effect shall be entered in the register.

As from the date on which the registration of a rent takes effect any previous registration of a rent for the dwelling-house ceases to have effect.

Where a valid notice of increase under any provision of Part Ill of this Act has been served on a tenant and, in consequence of the registration of a rent, part but not the whole of the increase specified in the notice becomes irrecoverable from the tenant, the registration shall not invalidate the notice, but the notice shall, as from the date from which the registration takes effect, have effect as if it specified such part only of the increase as has not become irrecoverable.

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