Jersey Law 20/1951
DWELLING-HOUSES (RENT CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) (JERSEY) LAW, 1951.
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A LAW to
amend the Dwelling-Houses (Rent Control) (Amendment) (Jersey) Law, 1946,
sanctioned by Order of His Majesty in Council of the
6th day of NOVEMBER, 1951.
(Registered on the 5th day of December, 1951).
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STATES OF JERSEY.
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The 3rd day of
September, 1951.
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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of
His Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law: -
ARTICLE 1
For paragraph (2) of Article 3 of the Dwelling-Houses (Rent
Control) (Jersey) Law, 1946,
(hereinafter referred to as “the principal Law”) there shall be
substituted the following paragraph –
“(2) The
States shall appoint one or more persons to act in the place of any member of
the tribunal who is unable to act by reason of absence or incapacity, and the
remaining members or member of the tribunal shall, as the occasion arises,
designate which of those persons shall act in the place of the member or
members unable to act.”
ARTICLE 2
For Article 4 of the principal Law there
shall be substituted the following Article –
“ARTICLE
4
REFERENCE TO TRIBUNAL OF CONTRACTS FOR
LETTING
(1) Where
a contract to which this Law applies has, whether before or after the coming
into force of this Law, been entered into, it shall be lawful for the lessor or
the lessee or the Committee to refer the contract to the tribunal, and, where
any such contract is so referred to it, the tribunal may, by a notice in
writing served on the lessor, require him to give to the tribunal, within such
period (which shall not be less than seven days from the date of the service of
the notice) as may be specified in the notice, such information as the tribunal
may reasonably require regarding such of the prescribed particulars relating to
the contract as are specified in the notice.
(2) Where
any contract to which this Law applies is referred to the tribunal, the
tribunal shall consider it, and, after making such enquiry as the tribunal thinks
fit and giving to each party an opportunity of being heard, or, in his option,
of submitting representations in writing, shall approve the rent payable under
the contract or reduce or increase it to such a sum as the tribunal may, in all
the circumstances think reasonable, and shall notify the parties and the
Committee of its decision in each case:
Provided that where the contract has been referred to the tribunal
by the Committee, the Committee may withdraw the reference at any time before
the contract is considered by the tribunal.
(3) Where
the rent payable for any premises has been entered in the register in
accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained, it shall be lawful for
the lessor or the lessee or the Committee to refer the case to the tribunal for
reconsideration of the rent so entered on the ground of change of
circumstances, and the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article shall apply
on any such reference as they apply on a reference under paragraph (1) of this
Article.”
ARTICLE 3
This Law may be cited as the Dwelling-Houses (Rent Control)
(Amendment) (Jersey) Law, 1951, and this Law and the principal Law may be cited
together as the Dwelling-Houses (Rent Control) (Jersey) Laws, 1946 and 1951.
To be printed, published and posted.
F. DE L. BOIS,
Greffier of the States.