C1Part III Rents under Regulated Tenancies
Regulation of rent
45 Limit of rent during statutory periods.
1
Except as otherwise provided by this Part of this Act, where the rent payable for any statutory period of a regulated tenancy of a dwelling-house would exceed the rent recoverable for the last contractual period thereof, the amount of the excess shall, notwithstanding anything in any agreement, be irrecoverable from the tenant.
2
Where a rent for the dwelling-house is registered under Part IV of this Act, the following provisions shall apply with respect to the rent for any statutory period of a regulated tenancy of the dwelling-house:—
a
if the rent payable for any statutory period would exceed the rent so registered, the amount of the excess shall, notwithstanding anything in any agreement, be irrecoverable from the tenant; and
b
if the rent payable for any statutory period would be less than the rent so registered, it may be increased up to the amount of that rent by a notice of increase served by the landlord on the tenant and specifying the date from which the increase is to take effect.
3
The date specified in a notice of increase under subsection (2)(b) above shall not be earlier than the date F4from which the registration of the rent took effect nor earlier than 4 weeks before the service of the notice.
4
Where no rent for the dwelling-house is registered under Part IV of this Act, sections 46 F5and 47 of this Act shall have effect with respect to the rent recoverable for any statutory period under a regulated tenancy of the dwelling-house.
Pt. 3 continued (W.) (in relation to an occupation contract which immediately before 1.12.2022 was a protected shorthold tenancy) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1172), regs. 1(2), 14 (with reg. 19)