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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1980 and shall come into operation on 28th November 1980.
(2) In these regulations “the principal regulations” means the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971.
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In regulation 2(2) of the principal regulations, for the definition of “committee”, there shall be substituted the following definition:–“

 “committee” means a rent assessment committee constituted under Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977, to which a reference is made, but does not include a rent assessment committee carrying out the functions conferred on it by section 72 (Functions of Rent Tribunals) or section 142 (Leasehold Valuation Tribunals) of the Housing Act 1980.
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For regulation 3(3) of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following:–“

(3) Notices of such date, time and place shall be given by the committee, not less than 14 days before the said date—
(a) Where the reference is an application for a certificate of fair rent referred pursuant to paragraph 7 of Schedule 12 to the Rent Act 1977, to the applicant and, in a case to which paragraph 11 of the said Schedule applies, to the tenant;
(b) where the reference is an application supported by a certificate of fair rent referred pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 11 to the Rent Act 1977, to the applicant; and
(c) in every other case, to the landlord and the tenant.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Stanley
Minister for Housing and Construction
Department of the Environment
28th October 1980Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
30th October 1980