{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1954/schedule-7B/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1954/schedule-7B/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1954",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1954",
  "path": "schedule/7B/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amount of initial rent to be larger than reference amount",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to the new tenancy if the amount of the initial rent determined in accordance with the rent determination terms would be larger than the reference amount.\n(2) That includes cases where the amount of the initial rent would be—\n(a) smaller than the rent under the existing tenancy, but\n(b) still larger than the reference amount.\n(3) The rent determination terms are of no effect to the extent that they would result in the initial rent being larger than the reference amount.\n(4) The amount of the initial rent is instead to be the same as the reference amount.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7B inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(6), Sch. 37 para. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/56/schedule/7B/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:15:51.039918+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}