(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the registration of a rent for a dwelling-house takes effect if the rent was determined by the rent officer, from the date when it was registered.
(2)If (by virtue of section 46(4)
above) an application for registration of rent is made before the expiry of the period of three years referred to in subsection (3) of that section, the registration of a rent for a dwelling-house does not take effect before the end of that period.
(3)If, on application for the registration of a different rent, the rent officer confirms the rent for the time being registered, the confirmation of that rent takes effect from the date when it is noted in the register.
(4)If the rent for a dwelling-house is determined by [F1the First-tier Tribunal], the registration of that rent takes effect from the date when the [F2First-tier Tribunal makes its] decision.
(5)The date from which the registration or confirmation of a rent takes effect shall be entered in the register.
(6)As from the date on which the registration of a rent takes effect any previous registration of a rent for a dwelling-house ceases to have effect.
(7)Where a valid notice of increase under any provision of Part IV of this Act has been served on a tenant and, in consequence of the registration of a rent, part but not the whole of the increase specified in the notice becomes irrecoverable from the tenant, the registration shall not invalidate the note, but the notice shall, as from the date from which the registration takes effect, have effect as if it specified such part only of the increase as has not become irrecoverable.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 50(4) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(6)(a) (with sch. 1)
F2Words in s. 50(4) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(6)(b) (with sch. 1)