PART IVCERTIFICATES OF FITNESS AND RENT CONTROL
CHAPTER IIITENANCIES SUBJECT TO RENT CONTROL
The rent limit
Recoupment of rates, etc. from tenants53
1
Paragraph (2) applies where any rates in respect of a dwelling-house let under a controlled tenancy which is a protected tenancy or a statutory tenancy are borne by the landlord or a superior landlord.
2
The amount of rates for any rental period which begins after the expiry or termination of a protected tenancy shall be recoverable, without service of any notice of increase, from the tenant in addition to the sums so recoverable apart from this paragraph.
3
The amount of rates shall be ascertained in accordance with Schedule 3.
4
Paragraph (2) applies notwithstanding anything in the contract of tenancy.
5
Where, under a protected or statutory tenancy, the sums payable by the tenant to the landlord include any sums varying according to the cost from time to time of–
a
any services provided by the landlord or a superior landlord, or
b
any works of maintenance or repair carried out by the landlord or a superior landlord,
the amount to be registered in the register of rents may be an amount variable in accordance with the terms as to the variation.