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fair state of repair. Tenants have the right to apply to a local authority for a Certificate
of Disrepair which, when issued, enables the tenant to abate the increased rent until
the required repairs have been carried out.
Two Certificates of Disrepair were issued and four undertakings by owners to
carry out works were accepted.
One certificate of cancellation was issued.
The Rent Act, 1965, included provision for the regulation of tenancy and rents,
and security of tenure and restrictions from eviction without due process of the law.
Provision for registration of rents is made in Part II and the London Borough
of Enfield is a registration area for the purposes of the Act.
A Rent Officer, whose function it is to determine a fair rent and register it as the
rent of a dwelling house on receipt of an application on the prescribed form has been
appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
The Rent Act, 1968, is a consolidating Act. It repeals many of the provisions of
the 1957 and 1965 Acts together with Rent and Mortgage Interest Restriction Acts;
The Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 1946; The Landlord and Tenant (Rent
Control) Act, 1949; Part II of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954; and other
related enactments; and consolidates their provisions in one statute.
The Housing Act, 1969, amended the law with regard to rents payable for certain
dwellings in good repair, and provided with certain amenities or improved with the
assistance of local authorities. The provisions of the Act enable owners to apply to
the local authority for Certificates as to the fitness of the property and the amenities
provided, which, if issued, they could present to the Rent Officer who would declare
it a "regulated" tenancy and fix a fair rent. The Act came into force in the autumn
of the year and by the 31st December, 164 applications for qualification certificates
had been received and 20 issued. With wider publicity it is anticipated that a
substantial number of applications will be received in the coming year.
(See Statistical Tables 36 and 37)
LAND CHARGES
In pursuance of the provisions of the Land Charges Act, 1925, 7,164 inquiries
were received from the Town Clerk concerning outstanding notices, smoke control
areas and clearance programmes, in relation to all types of property in the borough.
The necessary searches were made and the information supplied.
CARAVANS
The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960, makes provision for
the licensing and control of sites by local authorities subject to satisfactory standards
of amenity and hygiene.
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