EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
This Order increases the rents registered during the period beginning on 2 April 2007 and ending on 4 April 2008 and during the period beginning on 7 April 2008 and ending on 3 April 2009 unless a certificate of fitness has been issued for that period, except where such a certificate is not required under Part IV of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order (“the Order”) by 5.9 percent and 1.95 percent respectively from 19th October 2009.
A landlord must give a tenant at least 4 weeks’ notice of the increase in accordance with Article 49 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.