7(1)Any reference in any Act, order or other document to the permitted increase in rent under paragraph (a) or paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section two of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920, shall, in relation to such an increase due and recoverable in respect of a dwelling-house immediately before the commencement of the relevant year, be construed in respect of any period after the commencement of that year as a reference to the said increase reduced by an amount equal to the relevant fraction of such increase.
(2)Any reference in any Act, order or other document to the permitted increase in rent under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section two of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920, shall, so far as such an increase is in respect of an increase in the amount of the rates payable by the landlord in respect of a dwelling-house other than rates for which he is responsible under the House Letting and Rating (Scotland) Acts, 1911 and 1920, be construed in respect of any period after the commencement of the relevant year as a reference to the said increase reduced by an amount equal to the relevant fraction of such increase.