# The Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order increases the rents of regulated tenancies registered with the Department of the Environment by 4 per cent from 10th March 1997. Under Article 22(4) of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 a notice of increase of rent which gives effect to such increases shall not take effect earlier than 4 weeks after the commencement of this Order, i.e., not earlier than 7th April 1997.
Before a landlord may recover an increased rent he must give a tenant at least 4 weeks' notice of the increase in accordance with Article 22(3)(b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/23/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-rents-increase-order-northern-ireland-1997/note
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