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Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
or “How changes to tenancy rules affect existing agreements”
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“Rules for including rent increase details in fixed-term tenancy agreements”

This schedule explains different ways you can include rent increase clauses in your fixed-term tenancy agreement. You have three options to choose from.

In the first option, your landlord can review and increase the rent as per section 24 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. However, they can’t increase the rent within 12 months of the start of your tenancy or within 12 months of the last rent increase.

The second option allows for a yearly rent review on a specific date. Your landlord must give you proper notice before increasing the rent, following the rules in section 24(1)(a) to (c) of the Act.

The third option sets out a fixed amount and specific dates for rent increases. The first increase can’t happen until at least 12 months after your tenancy starts. After that, the rent can go up by the same amount on set dates, but these dates must be at least 12 months apart.

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1Clauses for rent increases in fixed-term tenancy agreements

Select one of the following:

Provision A

The landlord may review the rent from time to time and may increase the rent in accordance with section 24 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. No increase will take effect within 12 months after the date of the commencement of the tenancy or within 12 months after the date on which the last increase took effect.

Provision B

The rent will be reviewed from time to time and may be increased once in each year to take effect on [date] if prior notice of the increase has been given in accordance with section 24(1)(a) to (c) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986.

Provision C

The rent will increase by $[amount] on [date], being a date that is at least 12 months after the commencement of the tenancy, and will then increase by the same amount on [date/dates], being [a date that is] [dates that in each case are] at least 12 months after the previous rent increase.

Notes
  • Schedule 1: amended, on , by section 78 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 59).