3(1)This paragraph applies where, in the case of any premises consisting of a dwelling-house let on a protected tenancy which is a regulated tenancy, the rent payable in respect of the premises is increased by a section 28 order.E+W
(2)If the increase takes effect while a rent for the dwelling-house is registered under Part IV of this Act, and was so registered before the completion of the relevant alterations—
(a)the contractual rent limit for any contractual period beginning while the registration of that rent continues to have effect shall be what it would be for that period under section 44(1) of this Act if the rent so registered had been simultaneously increased by the same amount (and the reference in section 71(3)(a) of this Act to the limit imposed by section 44(1) shall be construed accordingly); [F1and]
(b)if the regulated tenancy of the dwelling-house becomes a statutory tenancy, section 45(2) of this Act shall have effect, in relation to any statutory period of that tenancy beginning while the registration of that rent continues to have effect, as if the rent so registered had been simultaneously increased by the same amount; . . . F2
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(3)Where the rent payable under a tenancy to which Part VI of this Act applies is increased by a section 28 order, the rent limit for the dwelling-house under Part VI (including the rent limit specified in a direction of the Secretary of State) shall be increased by an amount equal to the increase effected by the order in the rent payable for the rental period in question.
(4)If, at any time after the court order takes effect, a rent is registered for the dwelling-house (whether it is the first or any subsequent registration) sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply to any rental period beginning after that time.
Textual Amendments
F1Word inserted (with saving) by S.I. 1987/264, arts. 2(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 5(a), Sch. 2
F2Word repealed (with saving) by S.I. 1987/264, arts. 2(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 5(b), Sch. 2
F3Sch. 20 para. 3(2)(c) repealed (with saving) by S.I. 1987/264, arts. 2(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 5(c), Sch. 2
4E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F4Ss. 15(6), 17, 18(3)(4), 24(1)(2), 27–43, 50, 53, 67(6), 70(5), 76, 79(4), 86(5), 91, 92(6)(7), 108–113, 115, 117, 130, 133–135, 141(2), 155(1), Sch. 1 para. 8, Schs. 3, 4, 6, Sch. 7 para. 4, Sch. 10 para. 10, Sch. 11 paras. 13, 14 and 15–25, Sch. 13, Sch. 14 para. 6, Sch. 17 paras. 10, 11, Sch. 19, Sch. 20 paras. 1(6)(7), 4, Schs. 21, 22, Sch. 23 paras.1, 4(g)–(i), 37, 38 repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 26