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Amendment of section 139 of Principal Act
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63. Section 139 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by substituting “, by a notice in writing in the prescribed form, the information specified in subsection (2) ” for “the information mentioned in subsection (2) in the prescribed form”,
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(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) The landlord and the tenant shall sign the notice referred to in subsection (1).”,
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(c) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):
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“(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall—
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(a) specify the amount of rent referred to in subsection (1) following the alteration referred to in that subsection,
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(b) include a statement by the tenant that—
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(i) he or she has knowledge of the provisions of Part 3, and
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(ii) without prejudice to the generality of subparagraph (i), he or she has knowledge of the requirements, under section 19, for setting an amount of rent under a tenancy,
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(c) include a statement by the landlord specifying the amount of rent sought for 3 dwellings—
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(i) of a similar size, type and character to the dwelling that is the subject of the tenancy concerned, and
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(ii) situated in a comparable area to that in which the dwelling the subject of the tenancy concerned is situated,
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and
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(d) include a statement in respect of a material change to particulars which have been entered in the register in respect of the tenancy where that change has occurred since—
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(i) the tenancy was registered in the register, or
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(ii) information in respect of those particulars was furnished to the Board under subsection (1).”,
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and
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(d) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (4):
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“(5) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Board shall, as soon as may be, update the register following the receipt by it of—
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(a) information referred to in section 12(1)(d)(ii)(III), and
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(b) information referred to in section 16(o)(iii).
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(6) No fee shall be payable in respect of the furnishing to the Board of the information referred to in subsection (5).
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(7) (a) Without prejudice to subsection (1), a landlord may, at any time, notify the Board in writing of—
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(i) any changes in respect of particulars entered in the register, and
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(ii) any additional particulars to be entered in the register,
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in respect of the tenancy.
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(b) In subsection (4), the reference to information shall include particulars notified under paragraph (a).
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(8) In paragraph (d) of subsection (2), ‘amount of rent sought’ has the same meaning as it has in section 22.”.
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