PART IVCERTIFICATES OF FITNESS AND RENT CONTROL
CHAPTER IIITENANCIES SUBJECT TO RENT CONTROL
The rent limit
Recoupment of sums paid in excess of rent limit51
1
This Article applies where a tenant under a controlled tenancy has paid rent in excess of the rent limit for any rental period under that tenancy.
2
The tenant shall be entitled to recover from the landlord who received the rent, or his personal representatives, any sum by which the amount paid exceeded the rent limit.
3
Without prejudice to any other method of recovery, the tenant shall be entitled to recoup that sum by deducting it from any rent payable by him to the landlord.
4
But no sum may be recouped by a tenant under paragraph (3) at any time after the expiry of 2 years from the date of payment.