Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
section, the rent payable under a residential tenancy agreement may be
increased by the owner by notice in writing to the tenant specifying the
amount of the increased rent and the day as from which the increased rent
becomes payable, being a day —
(a) not
less than 60 days after the day on which the notice is given; and
(b) not
less than 6 months after the day on which the tenancy commenced, or, if
the rent has been increased under this section, the day on which it was last
so increased,
but otherwise the rent
shall not increase or be increased.
(2) The right of the
owner to increase rent in accordance with
subsection (1) —
(a) is
not exercisable in relation to an agreement that creates a tenancy for a fixed
term during the currency of that term unless the agreement provides that the
rent may increase or be increased; and
(b) in
any case, may be excluded or limited by agreement between the owner and the
tenant.
(3) A notice of
increase of rent that has been given in accordance with this section and that
has not been withdrawn by the owner varies the residential tenancy agreement
to the effect that the increased rent specified in the notice is payable under
the agreement as from the day specified in the notice.