# Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order.)
The Order increases the rents registered with the Department for Social Development under Part V of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, for dwelling houses, which are let under regulated tenancies, by 3 percent from 4th March 2002. Under Article 22(4) of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 a notice of increase of rent which gives effect to an increase made by virtue of this Order shall not take effect earlier than 4 weeks after the commencement of this Order, i.e., not earlier than 1st April 2002.
A landlord must give a tenant at least 4 weeks' notice of the increase in accordance with Article 22(3)(b) of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/54/note (the official version)
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