RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 31A
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 31A
31A . Variation of rent where calculated by reference to tenant’s income
(1) Where rent payable
under a residential tenancy agreement is calculated by reference to the
tenant’s income, the method by which the rent is calculated by reference
to that income may be changed by the lessor in accordance with this section
but otherwise the rent must not increase or be increased.
(2) The method may be
changed by notice in writing to the tenant, in a form approved by the
Minister, specifying —
(a) the
change to the method; and
(b) the
day as from which the change will take effect, being a day —
(i)
not less than 60 days after the day on which the notice
is given; and
(ii)
not less than 6 months after the day on which the tenancy
commenced, or, if the means of calculating rent has been changed under this
section, the day on which it was last so changed.
[Section 31A inserted: No. 60 of 2011 s. 28.]