Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999, and shall come into operation on 8th March 1999.

Increase of registered rents2

The rents registered under Part V of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 for dwelling-houses which are let under regulated tenancies shall be increased by 4.5 per cent.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on

J. McCormickAssistant Secretary