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HOUSING BRANCH QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT
1ST NOV., 1981 TO 31ST JAN., 1982
PART I
Subject
1. Report of the
Committee of Review, Landlord and Tenant
(Consolidation) Ordinance.
Purpose
Tol consider the recommendations in the Committee's Report and the extent and timing of their adoption.
Progress Made & Present Position
The Landlord & Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance was enacted in December 1981. Major provisions were -
(a)
extension of rent controls on post war domestic premises until December 1983;
(b) raising the maximum biennial increase in
rent to 30%;
(c) exclusion of premises of a very high
rateable value, and all premises, completed after June 1981 from the Part II rent controls;
(d)
(e)
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(f)
provision by way of a new Part IV for reasonable security of tenure to tenants excluded from the Part I and Part II controls;
transfer of jurisdiction in landlord and tenant matters, otherwise than where criminal sanctions are involved, from the District Court and Tenancy Tribunal to the Lands Tribunal;
extension to sub-tenancies of the same system of rent increase control as applies to principal tenancies;
Next Quarter's Target
(a) To consider the
position of corporate tenancies in regard to controls over rent and security of tenure;
(b) to monitor the
transfer of jurisdiction under the Ordinance from the District Court and Tenancy Tribunal to the Lands Tribunal;
(c) to monitor the
working of the new Part IV provisions;
(a) to keep the
legislation and its effects under review.
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