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rent, and on being satisfied that the dwelling satisfies the
qualification conditions, and on production of the Certificate of
fair rent, the Local Authority shall issue the Qualification
Certificate and send a copy to the tenant. The Act contains
provisions for the Registration of rent after the issue of a
Qualification Certificate.
If an application for a Qualification Certificate or a Certificate
of provisional approval is refused, the Local Authority must give
the applicant a written statement of their reasons for the refusal,
and both the applicant and the tenant are given rights of appeal
to the County Court, the former in the event of refusal of a
Qualification Certificate and the latter in the event of the granting
of a Qualification Certificate.
Where a Qualification Certificate is issued following an
application in cases 1. and 2. aforementioned, the controlled
tenancy of a dwelling in Greater London will not become a
regulated tenancy before the following dates (The Rateable
Values are those on 23rd March, 1965): —
1st January 1971 in respect of a dwelling
of a rateable value of £90 or more.
1st July 1971 in respect of a dwelling
with a rateable value of less than £90
but not less than £60.
1st January 1972 in respect of a dwelling
of a rateable value less than £60.
Where the consent of the tenant is necessary to enable the
landlord to carry out works in order to satisfy the qualifying
conditions, there are provisions enabling the landlord to apply
to the County Court for an order empowering him to enter and
carry out the works in the event of the tenant refusing his
consent. The Court may, however, only make such an order in
certain circumstances, and in particular they may not do so if
not earlier than six months before the hearing the Rating
Authority for the area have certified that the tenants income is
within the limits for rate relief. The circumstances in which the
Rating Authority shall issue such a Certificate, (which must
apparently be signed by the Clerk to the Authority) are specified
in the Act.
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