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Housing Act 1969

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3(1)The rent may be increased to the aggregate of the following:—

(a)the amount of the previous limit, calculated in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Schedule ;

(b)the amount (if any) apportioned to services in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Schedule ; and

(c)the appropriate proportion of the difference between the registered rent and the aggregate of the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

(2)The appropriate proportion mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c) of this paragraph shall be ascertained for any rental period in accordance with the following Table, in which the year of the period of delay in which the rental period begins is shown in the first column and the appropriate proportion in the second or third column, according as the period of delay imposed by paragraph 2 of this Schedule is two years or four years.

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Year of period of delayAppropriate Proportion
Where period of delay is two yearsWhere period of delay is four years
1st yearone-thirdone-fifth
2nd yeartwo-thirdstwo-fifths
3rd year—three-fifths
4th year—four-fifths

(3)Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the amount to which the rent may be increased for any rental period shall not in any case be less than seven shillings and sixpence a week above the following, that is to say—

(a)if the rental period begins in the first year of the period of delay, the aggregate of the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this paragraph ;

(b)if the rental period begins in a subsequent year, the amount to which the rent could be increased for a rental period beginning in the previous year ;

but nothing in this paragraph shall be taken to enable the rent to be increased above the amount registered.

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