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Matthew Pennycook's amendment, Clause 7

Renters (Reform) Bill

Report stage

Amendment number: 22

Lead member

Matthew Pennycook
Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich
Commons

Decision

Not called
The amendment was debated as part of a group of amendments, but not put to a vote.

Amendment text

Clause 7, page 8, line 9

at end insert—
“(7A) After subsection (8) insert—
“(8A) Where a notice under section 13(2) has been referred to the appropriate tribunal then, unless the landlord and the tenant otherwise agree, the rent determined by the appropriate tribunal (subject, in a case where subsection (5) above applies, to the addition of the appropriate amount in respect of rates) shall be the same or below the rent specified in the section 13 notice and the rent as determined by the tribunal shall only become payable once the decision of the tribunal has become final.
(8B) A decision becomes final only on the latest of—
(a) the determination of any appeal;
(b) if earlier, on the expiry of the time for bringing a subsequent appeal (if any); or
(c) by its being abandoned or otherwise ceasing to have effect.””

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that where a rent assessment is carried out by a tribunal, the rent subsequently determined by that tribunal cannot be higher than that originally requested by a landlord in a section 13 notice.

Sponsors

Afzal Khan
Labour
Manchester, Gorton
Margaret Greenwood
Labour
Wirral West