Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2023 No. 104
Landlord And Tenant
The Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023
Made
22nd June 2023
Coming into operation
7th August 2023
The Department for Communities makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 55(5) and (6) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006(1).
The Department has accepted the recommendation of the Rent Officer made under Article 55(4) of that Order that the rents referred to in Article 55(1) of that Order should be increased.
Citation and commencementN.I.
1. This Order may be cited as the Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 7th August 2023.
Increase of registered rentsN.I.
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the rents registered under Part IV of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 during the period beginning on 2nd April 2007 and ending on 6th August 2023 shall be increased by 7.0 percent.
(2) The provision at paragraph (1) does not apply to a rent entered on the Register of Rents unless a certificate of fitness has been issued except where such a certificate is not required.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 22nd June 2023.
David Polley
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
This Order increases the rents registered with the Rent Officer for Northern Ireland under Part IV of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 during the period beginning on 2nd April 2007 and ending on 6th August 2023 by 7.0 percent.
A landlord must give a tenant at least 4 weeks’ notice of the increase in accordance with Article 49 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.