Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
LANDLORD AND TENANT
Made
17th February 2006
Coming into operation
6th March 2006
The Department for Social Development (1), makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 33(2A) and (2B) of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (2) and now vested in it (3).
The Department has accepted the recommendation of the Executive made under Article 33(2) of that Order that the rents referred to in Article 33(1) of that Order should be increased.
1. This Order may be cited as the Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006, and shall come into operation on 6th March 2006.
2. 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 2.7 percent.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 19 February 2006
L.S.
D M Crothers
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases the rents registered with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive under Part V of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the Rent Order”) for the dwelling houses, which are let under regulated tenancies, by 2.7 percent from 6th March 2006. Under Article 22(4) of the Rent Order a notice of increase of rent which gives effect to an increase made by virtue of this Order shall not take effect earlier than 4 weeks after the commencement of this Order, i.e. not earlier than 3rd April 2006.
A landlord must give a tenant at least 4 weeks' notice of the increase in accordance with Article 22(3)(b) of the Rent Order.
S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(1)
S.I. 1978/1050 (N.I.20); paragraphs (2A) and (2B) were added to Article 33 by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2003/412 (N.I.2)
S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(e) and Schedule 4 Part V