HC Deb 30 January 1968 vol 757 c264W
59. Mr. Pavitt

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what advice he has given to rent officers on cases where service charges have been added to rents only since the passing of the Rent Act, 1965.

Mr. MacColl

My right hon. Friend has drawn rent officers' attention to Section 28 of the Act, which provides that payments by tenants for services by landlords shall be included in the registered rent and that, where a tenancy agreement provides for payment for services to vary with their cost to the landlord, the rent officer may if he thinks the terms of variation reasonable register as variable that part of the registered rent that relates to service charges.