Section 19 Frequency with which rent may be increasedI1C1

The rent payable under a private residential tenancy may not be increased more than once in a 12 month period.

For the purpose of subsection (1), in a case where the last rent increase resulted from an order of the rent officer or the First-tier Tribunal, the 12 month period is to be regarded as commencing on the date on which the rent would have been increased in accordance with section 22(4) had a referral to a rent officer not been made.