Variation of rent where calculated by reference to tenant’s income
31A Variation of rent where calculated by reference to tenant’s income
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.
The method may be changed by notice in writing to the tenant, in the approved form, specifying —
the change to the method; and
the day as from which the change will take effect, being a day —
not less than 60 days after the day on which the notice is given; and
not less than 12 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; amended: No. 11 of 2024 s. 26.]
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