The Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
S.R. 2024/99 · Made 17 April 2024 · Extends to Northern Ireland
Landlord And Tenant
Made 17th April 2024
Coming into operation 3rd June 2024
The Department for Communities makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 55(5) and (6) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006f1.
The Department has accepted the recommendation of the rent officer made under Article 55(4) of that Order that the rents referred to in Article 55(1) of that Order should be increased.
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Contents
1Citation and commencementI1
This Order may be cited as the Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 3rd June 2024.
2Increase of registered rentsI1
Subject to paragraph (2) the rents registered under Part IV of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 during the period beginning on 2nd April 2007 and ending on 2nd June 2024 shall be increased by 7.7 percent.
Paragraph (1) does not apply to a rent entered on the register of rents unless a certificate of fitness has been issued except where such a certificate is not required.
Signature
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 17thApril 2024.
L.S.
David Polley
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases the rents registered with the rent officer for Northern Ireland under Part IV of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 during the period beginning on 2nd April 2007 and ending on 2nd June 2024 by 7.7 percent.
A landlord must give a tenant at least 4 weeks’ notice of the increase in accordance with Article 49 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.