New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LANDLORD AND TENANT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1948 - SECT 24

24 Fair Rents Board may determine fair rent of its own motion

(1) A Fair Rents Board may, of its own motion but subject to section 17A, after inquiry, determine the fair rent of any prescribed premises other than shared accommodation.

(2) The Fair Rents Board shall cause to be given to the lessor and lessee of the prescribed premises and to the other persons referred to in section 19, notice of the time, date and place fixed for the determination of the fair rent of the premises, and the notice so given to the lessor shall, for the purpose of this Division, be deemed to be an application.

(3) In determining the fair rent of prescribed premises under this section, the Fair Rents Board shall have the same powers as it has in connection with an application, and any determination made by the Fair Rents Board shall have the same effect for all purposes as a determination made upon an application.