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Rent Act 1977

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2The period of delay shall begin with the date of registration, and its duration and the extent to which the rent may be increased in the period of delay, shall be as set out in the Table below where—

  • " the step " means the excess of the rent registered at the beginning of the period of delay over the previous limit, and

  • " increase in recoverable rent for an improvement " means an increase in rent made by virtue of section 32 or 48(1) of, or paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to, this Act, and

  • " add " means that for any rental period, or part of a rental period, beginning on or after the date as at which the addition is to be made the rent may be increased up to the previous limit, calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 below, with any previous addition under the Table, plus the specified addition,

and any reference to the addition of either a fraction of the step or a specified sum per week is a reference to an addition of whichever represents the greater increase of rent.

TABLE

PROGRESSION TO REGISTERED RENT FROM PREVIOUS RENT LIMIT

CasePhasing
Case A. First registration of rent after tenancy becomes a regulated tenancy by virtue of Part VIII of this Act, section 43 of the [1969 c. 33.] Housing Act 1969 or Part III of the [1972 c. 47.] Housing Finance Act 1972 (except where one of the following cases applies).Period of delay is 2 years.
On date of registration add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
One year after registration add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
Case B. As in Case A, but in the 12 months ending with the date of registration there has been an increase in recoverable rent for an improvement of £0.50 per week or more.Period of delay ends with second anniversary of the date of increase.
On first anniversary of the date of increase add one half of the step, or £0.50 per week.
Case C. As in Case A, but at a date more than 12 months before the date of registration but not more than 2 years before the date of application for registration there has been an increase in recoverable rent for an improvement of £0.50 per week or more.Period of delay is one year.
On date of registration add one half of the step, or £0.50 per week.

Case D. As in Case A, but at the date of registration the landlord is entitled to serve (but has not served) a notice of increase under section 48(1) of, or paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to, this Act which or which taken together, would increase the recoverable rent by £0.50 per week or more.

Any such notice served before the date of registration which is not reflected in the previous limit as defined below because it has not taken effect shall be treated for the purposes of this Case as a notice which the landlord is entitled to serve.

Period of delay is 2 years.
One year after date of registration add one half of the step, or £0.50 per week.
Case E. As in Case A, but the date of registration is more than 3 months after the date of application for registration. If Case B, C or D applies this Case does not apply.Period of delay ends 27 months after the date of application.
On date of registration add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
15 months after date of application add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
Case F. Works towards which a grant is payable or has been paid under Part I of the [1969 c. 33.] Housing Act 1969 or Part VII of the [1974 c. 44.] Housing Act 1974 are completed during a regulated tenancy of the dwelling-house. First registration after completion of the works.Period of delay is 2 years.
On date of registration add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
One year after registration add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
Case G. As in Case F, but the registration (after completion of the works) is in a period of delay beginning with an earlier registration.From the date of registration the limitation under the period of delay beginning with the earlier registration ceases to apply.
A period of delay of 2 years shall begin with the later registration.
On the date of the later registration add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
One year after the later registration add one third of the step, or £0.50 per week.
The step is from the previous limit for the earlier registration to the rent registered on the later registration, less any addition permitted in the part of the earlier period of delay before the second registration.
Case H. In the period of delay current under any of the Cases above the registration at the beginning of the period of delay is superseded by a later registration of a higher rent. If Case G applies this Case does not apply.No new period of delay arises on the later registration, and the duration of the current period of delay is unaffected.
On the date of the later registration add the excess of the later registered rent over the earlier registered rent; in other respects the additions appropriate to the earlier registration are unaffected.

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