69Collection of rent

69 Collection of rent (1) A landlord or a person authorised by an agent of the landlord may enter the premises or ancillary property for the purpose of collecting the rent. (a) between 7 am and 9 pm at a time previously arranged with the tenant not less than 7 days before the entry is made; and (b) not earlier than 7 days after the last time entry was made under this section. (3) Despite subsection (2), if a tenant is in arrears with rent, the landlord or a person authorised by an agent of the landlord may enter the premises or ancillary property for the purpose of collecting the rent if the entry is made not earlier than 7 days after the last time entry was made under this section. (4) If: (a) a tenant is in arrears with an instalment of rent; and Residential Tenancies Act 1999 48 (b) the landlord has not been able to contact the tenant for the purpose of arranging a time for entry for the purpose of collecting the instalment and has made a reasonable number of attempts to do so; and (c) the landlord has engaged a commercial agent within the meaning of the Commercial and Private Agents Licensing Act 1979 who holds a licence under that Act permitting the collecting of debts, or requesting the payment of debts, on behalf of another person, to collect the instalment, subsection (2) does not apply in relation to an entry by the commercial agent for the purpose of collecting the instalment.