Section 13 Increases of rent under assured periodic tenancies tenancies other than relevant low-cost tenancies.F16

a statutory periodic tenancy other than one which, by virtue of paragraph 11 or paragraph 12 in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act, cannot for the time being be an assured tenancy; and

any other periodic tenancy which is an assured tenancy, other than one in relation to which there is a provision, for the time being binding on the tenant, under which the rent for a particular period of the tenancy will or may be greater than the rent for an earlier period.

F2the minimum period two months after the date of the service of the notice; and

F3except in the case of a statutory periodic F4 tenancy— either

if the rent under the tenancy has previously been increased by virtue of a notice under this subsection or a determination under section 14 F6 below F7, either —

in the case of a yearly tenancy, six months;

in the case of a tenancy where the period is less than a month, one month; and

in any other case, a period equal to the period of the tenancy.

in a case to which subsection (3B) below applies, the date that falls 53 weeks after the date on which the increased rent took effect;

in any other case, the date that falls 52 weeks after the date on which the increased rent took effect.

the rent under the tenancy has been increased by virtue of a notice under this section or a determination under section 14 below on at least one occasion after the coming into force of the Regulatory Reform (Assured Periodic Tenancies)(Rent Increases) Order 2003; and

the fifty-third week after the date on which the last such increase took effect begins more than six days before the anniversary of the date on which the first such increase took effect.

the tenant F11by an application in the prescribed form refers the notice to F12the appropriate tribunal applies to the appropriate tribunal under section 14(A3); or

the landlord and the tenant agree on a F13variation of the rent which is different from new rent which is lower than that proposed in the notice or agree that the rent should not be varied.

a notice under this section or an agreement under subsection (4)(b) following such a notice,

a determination under section 14, or

an agreement in writing between the landlord and the tenant varying the rent, following a determination by the appropriate tribunal under section 14, where the agreed rent is lower than the rent that would be payable under section 14ZA or 14ZB as a result of the determination;

an assured tenancy of social housing, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, where the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing, and

any other assured tenancy of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

may make different provision for different purposes;

are to be made by statutory instrument.