Housing Act 1969

Restriction on rent increases in cases of further registration during period of delay

6 (1) Where a rent (in this paragraph referred to as the first rent) for a dwelling which is subject to a regulated tenancy has been registered as mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Schedule and, in any year of the period of delay imposed by paragraph 2 of this Schedule, a new rent for the dwelling is registered under Part IV of the [1968 c. 23.] Rent Act 1968, then, if the new rent exceeds the rent for the time being recoverable under the regulated tenancy the following provisions of this paragraph shall apply and the preceding provisions of this Schedule shall not apply.

(2) The rent for any statutory period beginning before the end of the period of delay shall not be increased by a notice of increase under section 22(2) of the Rent Act 1968 except to the extent permitted by the following provisions of this paragraph ; and any such notice which purports to increase it further shall have effect to increase it to the extent so permitted but no further.

(3) If the new rent is less than the first rent the rent payable under the regulated tenancy may be increased (up to the amount registered) to the same extent as if the first rent had remained registered.

(4) If the new rent exceeds the first rent the registration shall not affect the amount recoverable for any rental period beginning in the year mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph ; and the rent for any statutory period beginning after that year may be increased to an amount arrived at by adding the difference between the first rent and the new rent to the amount to which the rent for that period could have been increased had the first rent remained registered.