Explanatory note

This Order removes the requirements for the phasing of rent increases in respect of registered rents for regulated tenancies in the Rent Act 1977 and for statutory tenancies in the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976. It does not alter the phasing requirements in relation to registered rents for housing association tenancies in Part VI of the 1977 Act.

The Order does not affect the phasing of a rent increase (whether the increase is as a result of a determination by the rent officer or a rent assessment committee) in relation to an application for which a rent has been registered or confirmed following a determination by the rent officer before this Order comes into force. This is subject to the exception in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to the Order. The Order also does not affect the phasing of a rent increase in connection with the first application for registration of a rent for a former controlled tenancy.

The Order makes consequential amendments to the 1977 Act.