2012 No. 139
Landlord And Tenant

Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Social Development, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 55(5) and (6) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 20061.

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 commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 8 May 2012.

Increase of registered rents2.

(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 1 April 2012 shall be increased by 5.6 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 Social Development on 23 March 2012.

Jim Wilkinson
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
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 1 April 2012 by 5.6 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.