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If you are dissatisfied with the decision of the rent assessment committee, you may challenge the decision of the rent assessment committee.

The task of a rent assessment committee when a matter is referred to it is outlined in para (9) of Sched 11 to the Rent Act 1977:
'The committee shall make such inquiry, if any, as they think fit and consider any information supplied or representation made to them in pursuance of para 7 or para 8 above and
(a) if it appears to them that the rent registered or confirmed by the rent officer is a fair rent, they shall confirm that rent;
(b)if it does not appear to them that the rent is a fair rent, they shall determine a fair rent for the dwelling-house.'

Under the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1981 (SI 81/1783) the duty to give reasons for the committee's decision is operative only where a committee is specifically requested to give reasons for its decision

In Mountview Court Properties Ltd v Devlin (1970) 21 P & CR 689 Parker CJ stated that:
'I approach the ma tter in this way: that reasons are not dificient merely because every process of reasoning is not set out. I further think that reasons are not insufficient merely because they fail to deal with every point raised before the committee at the hearing.'

Therefore, the assessment provided by the rent assessment committee can be challenged

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