46 Adjustment, with respect to rates, of recoverable rent for statutory periods before registration.E+W
(1)Where—
(a)section 45(4) of this Act applies, and
(b)any rates in respect of the dwelling-house are, or were during the last contractual period, borne by the landlord or a superior landlord,
then, for any statutory period for which the amount of the rates (ascertained in accordance with Schedule 5 to this Act) differs from the amount, so ascertained, of the rates for the last contractual period, the recoverable rent shall be increased or decreased by the amount of the difference.
(2)Where the amount of the recoverable rent is increased by virtue of this section, the increase shall not take effect except in pursuance of a notice of increase served by the landlord on the tenant and specifying the increase and the date from which it is to take effect.
(3)The date specified in a notice of increase under subsection (2) above shall be not earlier than 6 weeks before the service of the notice, and if it is earlier than the service of the notice any rent unpaid shall become due on the day after the service of the notice.