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Rent Act 1977

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

82 Jurisdiction of ... tribunals.

Where a restricted contract is referred to the appropriate tribunal under this Part, or Part VII, of this Act and— (a) the contract relates to a dwelling consisting of or comprising part only of a hereditament, and (b) no apportionment of the rateable value of the hereditament has been made under section 25 of this Act, then, unless the lessor in the course of the proceedings requires that such an apportionment shall be made and, within 2 weeks of making the requirement, brings proceedings in the county court for the making of the apportionment, the tribunal shall have jurisdiction to deal with the reference if it appears to them that, had the apportionment been made, they would have had jurisdiction.

Your change, as a redline

82 Jurisdiction of ... tribunals.

Where a restricted contract is referred to the appropriate tribunal under this Part, or Part VII, of this Act and— (a) the contract relates to a dwelling consisting of or comprising part only of a hereditament, and (b) no apportionment of the rateable value of the hereditament has been made under section 25 of this Act, then, unless the lessor in the course of the proceedings requires that such an apportionment shall be made and, within 2 weeks of making the requirement, brings proceedings in the county court for the making of the apportionment, the tribunal shall have jurisdiction to deal with the reference if it appears to them that, had the apportionment been made, they would have had jurisdiction.

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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