§ Mr. Nobleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when new provisions for the apportionment and redemption of rent charges, chief rents and ground rents on freehold houses will come into force.
§ Mr. MarksThe new procedures, for which provision was made in the Rent-charges Act 1977, come into force tomorrow, Wednesday, 1st February. These procedures, which are simpler and cheaper than those they replace, are explained in leaflets which can be obtained from the Department, or from the Welsh Office, or, where appropriate, from the local citizens' advice bureau, the local council or the local rent officer. The new application forms can also be obtained from those places together with notes which have been prepared to help people fill them in.