Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act, 1983

Date from which new rent applies.

8.—(1) Where the rent of a dwelling is fixed by the Tribunal or a rent officer, the new rent shall, subject to subsection (2) and section 7 , apply from the first gale day after the date on which the landlord has complied with the requirements of any regulations under section 24 of the Act of 1982 for the time being in force.

(2) Where, on an application under this Act by a landlord or tenant, the rent of a dwelling is fixed and the existing rent was fixed under the Act of 1982 or this Act, the new rent shall apply—

(a) in the case of an application (other than an application made by virtue of section 5 (3)) from whichever of the following dates is the later—

(i) the first gale day after the date referred to in subsection (1), or

(ii) the date which is five years after the date from which the existing rent first applied, and

(b) in the case of an application made by virtue of section 5 (3), the first gale day after the date referred to in subsection (1).