§ Mr. D. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he is satisfied with the progress being made towards the establishment of the leasehold tribunals under the Housing Act 1980.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsYes.
A commencement order has been made today which brings the leasehold valuation tribunal provisions in section 142 and schedule 22 of the Housing Act 1980 into effect on 31 March 1981. On the appointed day, jurisdiction for determining valuation disputes under section 21 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 will transfer from the lands tribunal to local leasehold valuation tribunals, whose members will be drawn from the rent assessment panels. Regulations shortly to be laid before Parliament will govern the procedures to be followed by the new tribunals and prescribe the application form to be used to refer a case to them.