The Housing Act 1980 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1980
This Order brings into operation on 28th November 1980 the provisions of the 1980 Act relating to protected and statutory tenancies and to housing association rents under the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) in so far as they are not already in force. Briefly, the provisions brought into force include:the introduction of protected shorthold tenancies;faster repossession procedures for resident landlord and other restricted contract lettings;the bringing of controlled tenancies into the fair rent system;a reduction in the period before which further applications can be made for the registration of rents;corresponding changes in the phasing of rent increases, including special transitional arrangements for housing associations;changes in the date from which decisions of Rent Officers and Rent Assessment Committees are effective;a requirement whereby applications for rents including the cost of services must be accompanied by details of the cost of those services;owners of non-tenanted properties being able to apply for the cancellation of rents registered in respect of them;tenancies granted by the Crown Estate Commissioners and the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall being made subject to the Rent Act 1977 and associated legislation;tenancies of housing associations falling within section 15(3)(d) of the 1977 Act (other than co-ownership tenancies) being made subject to the fair rent system;widening of the circumstances in which temporarily-absent owner-occupiers and the owners of retirement homes and their successors can regain possession;an additional mandatory ground for possession under the Rent Act 1977 to enable servicemen to recover possession for their own use of a house they have let;strengthening of the provisions in the Rent Act 1977 regarding the imposition by the Court of conditions about the payment of rent and arrears;the amalgamation of the arrangements for appointing Rent Tribunals with those for Rent Assessment Committees.