17Rent payable under protected lease not to be increased during financial hardship period

17 Rent payable under protected lease not to be increased during financial hardship period

(1)  In this section –

rent does not include rent, or a component of rent, determined by reference to a factor that is prescribed.

(2)  An amount of rent that, but for this section, is or would be, under a protected lease, an increase in the amount of rent payable during the financial hardship period (including by virtue of the terms and conditions of the lease that applied before the financial hardship period) is not payable during or after the financial hardship period if the increase occurs while the lease is a protected lease.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply if the parties to a protected lease agree in writing that the subsection does not apply in relation to the lease.