2.—(1) The following provisions of the Rent Act 1977(1) are repealed—
(a)section 55;
(b)Schedule 8, in so far as it relates to section 55.
(2) The following provisions of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976(2) are repealed—
(a)section 15;
(b)Schedule 6.
(3) The consequential amendments to the Rent Act 1977 specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are made.