PART 4Rent
CHAPTER 3Rent pressure zones
Improvements to let property
42Rent officer’s power to allow rent rise in consequence of improvement
1
On an application by the landlord under a private residential tenancy, a rent officer is to determine the amount (if any) by which the rent payable under the tenancy may be increased in consequence of an improvement made to the let property.
2
The rent payable under a tenancy may not be increased by virtue of a determination made in respect of an improvement which was completed before—
a
the tenancy was granted, or
b
if the rent payable under the tenancy has changed previously, the day on which it last changed.
3
The rent payable under a tenancy may not be increased more than once by virtue of a single determination.
4
In subsection (1), “improvement” does not include anything done to the let property—
a
which is paid for in whole or in part by the tenant, or
b
by way of repair, maintenance or decoration.
5
In a case where two or more persons jointly are the tenant under a tenancy, the reference to the tenant in subsection (4)(a) includes any one of them.