Landlord and Tenant (Rent Control) Act 1949

Landlord and Tenant (Rent Control) Act 1949
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide in certain cases for the determination by a Tribunal of standard rents for the purposes of the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920 to 1939; further to restrict the requiring of premiums in connection with tenancies to which those Acts apply; to make further provision for the purposes of those Acts where the tenant shares part of his accommodation with his landlord or other persons or sublets part of his dwelling-house furnished; to amend the Rent of Furnished Houses Control (Scotland) Act, 1943, and the Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 1946, as respects security of tenure and the requiring of premiums and as respects the districts for which Tribunals are constituted; to make certain minor amendments of the said Acts in so far as they apply to Scotland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 40
Dates
Royal assent	2 June 1949
Other legislation
Amends	Rent of Furnished Houses Control (Scotland) Act 1943; Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act 1946;

The Landlord and Tenant (Rent Control) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 40) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, intended to control excessive rents being charged by landlords. It extended the provisions of the Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act 1946.

The major new provisions of the Act were:

The protection of the Rent Restriction Acts was given to both landlords and tenants sharing certain types of accommodation.
Rent tribunals were given the power to extend the security of lease given to tenants indefinitely, in three-month periods, and to review lettings made for the first time since September 1939.
Tribunals could now review the premiums paid for accommodation as well as the rent itself, and payments for furniture and other articles. Excess premiums could be recoverable by a reduction in rent.

References

Facts and Figures for Socialists, 1951, chapter 27. Labour Party Research Department, London, 1950

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