Paragraph 5 Single room rents

The rent officer shall determine a single room rent in accordance with the following formula—

where—S is the single room rent;

H is the highest rent, in the rent officer’s opinion,—

(a) which a landlord might reasonably have been expected to obtain, at the relevant time, for an assured tenancy of a dwelling F1in England, or an occupation contract of a dwelling in Wales, which meets the criteria in sub-paragraph (2); and

(b) which is not an exceptionally high rent.

L is the lowest rent, in the rent officer’s opinion,—

(a) which a landlord might reasonably have been expected to obtain, at the relevant time, for an assured tenancy of a dwelling F2in England, or an occupation contract of a dwelling in Wales, which meets the criteria in sub-paragraph (2); and

(b) which is not an exceptionally low rent.

The criteria are—

Sub-paragraphs F9F10(3) and (5) of paragraph 4 apply when ascertaining H and L under F11F12this paragraph as if the reference in those sub-paragraphs to H and L were to H and L under this paragraph.