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RENT ACT, 1957
This Act came into operation on the 6th July, 1957 and applies primarily
to privately owned property let unfurnished as separate dwellings, but it
also affects furnished lettings
The main effect of the A.;t was to free from rent control houses and
fiats with rateable values exceeding £40 in the Metropolitan Police District
ana the City of London, or over £30 elsewhere in England and Wales, and
allow limited increases in the rents of houses and flats still under rent
control.
The following summary shows the number of applications received for
'Certificates of Disrepair' and for the cancellation thereof during the period
6th July 1957 to 31st December, 1964.
(A) Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
From 1964
6.7.1957 to only
end of 1964
Number of applications received 147
Number of decisions not to issue
Certificates – –
Number of applications withdrawn 12 –
Number of decisions to issue certificates
135 –
(a) in respect of some, but not all
defects 106 –
(b) in respect of all defects 29 –
Number of undertakings given by
landlords under paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule (Form K) 76 –
Number of undertakings refused by
Local Authority under proviso to
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 1 –
Number of certificates of disrepair
issued (one application withdrawn
after service of Form J) 58 –
(B) Applications for Cancellation of Certificates.
From 1964
6.7,1957 to only
end of 1964
Number of applications received 35 1
Number of objections to cancellation
received 7 –
Number of certificates cancelled 29 1
Number of objections to cancellation
upheld 6 –
Number cancelled in spite of tenant's
objections 1 –
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 - WORKPLACES
Inspections Number of written Occupiers
and verbal notices prosecuted
15 8
19