20Increase in rent

20 Increase in rent

(1)  An owner, by written notice to the tenant, may increase the amount of the rent payable by the tenant in respect of residential premises if –

(a) the written residential tenancy agreement for those premises allows for an increase; or

(b) there is no written residential tenancy agreement for those premises.

(2)  A notice is to specify –

(a) the amount of the rent as increased; and

(b) the day from which the increase in the rent takes effect.

(3)  [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 13, Applied:01 Oct 2014] Except in the case of a residential tenancy agreement that relates to social housing, an increase in rent may only take effect from a day that is more than 60 days after the day on which the notice is given and is a day that is –

(a) [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 13, Applied:01 Oct 2014] not less than 12 months after the residential tenancy agreement commenced or was extended or renewed; or

(b) [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 13, Applied:01 Oct 2014] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(c) [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 13, Applied:01 Oct 2014] if rent has been previously increased, more than 12 months after the last increase; or

(d) [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 53 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:25 Sep 2003] [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 13, Applied:01 Oct 2014] [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 2013, s. 13, Applied:01 Oct 2014] if the Commissioner makes an order under , more than 12 months after the date of that order.