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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Landlord And Tenant
Made
11th April 2019
Coming into operation
13th May 2019
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.
1. This Order may be cited as the Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 13th May 2019.
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the rents registered under Part IV of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2006 during the period beginning on 2 April 2007 and ending on 12 May 2019 shall be increased by 1.8 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.
(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 2 April 2007 and ending on 12 May 2019 by 1.8 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.
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