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11. You should enter in each of the boxes in the second and third columns of the table in

paragraph 5 either “nil” or the amount of the existing or proposed charge. You should only enter

amounts for council tax and water charges where the tenant does not pay these charges directly.

You should only enter fixed service charges which are payable by the tenant in accordance with a

term or condition which specifies that these charges will be included in the rent for the tenancy.

Only enter an amount for service charges where the tenant has agreed to pay a fixed sum. Do not

include in the table any variable service charge, i.e. a service charge within the meaning of section

18 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, where the whole or part of the sum payable by the tenant

varies or may vary according to costs.

12. You or your agent (someone acting on your behalf) must sign and date this notice. If there are

joint landlords, each landlord must sign unless one signs on behalf of the rest with their agreement.

The signature does not have to be hand-written if, for instance, the form is being printed or if you

wish to use a laser or autosignature.

When the proposed new rent can start

13. The date in paragraph 4 of the notice must comply with the three requirements of section 13(2)

of the Housing Act 1988, as amended by the Regulatory Reform (Assured Periodic Tenancies)

(Rent Increases) Order 2003.

14. The first requirement, which applies in all cases, is that a minimum period of notice must be

given before the proposed new rent can take effect. That period is:

* one month for a tenancy which is monthly or for a lesser period, for instance weekly or

fortnightly;

* six months for a yearly tenancy;

* in all other cases, a period equal to the length of the period of the tenancy – for example,

three months in the case of a quarterly tenancy.

15. The second requirement applies in most cases (but see note 16 for two exceptions):

(a) the starting date for the proposed new rent must not be earlier than 52 weeks after the

date on which the rent was last increased using this statutory notice procedure or, if the tenancy is

new, the date on which it started, unless

(b) that would result in an increase date falling one week or more before the anniversary of

the date in paragraph 3 of the notice, in which case the starting date must not be earlier than 53

weeks from the date on which the rent was last increased.

This allows rent increases to take effect on a fixed day each year where the period of a tenancy is

less than one month. For example, the rent for a weekly tenancy could be increased on, say, the

first Monday in April. Where the period of a tenancy is monthly, quarterly, six monthly or yearly,

rent increases can take effect on a fixed date, for example, 1st April.

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Form 4b - Landlord'S Notice Proposing A New Rent Under An Assured Periodic Tenancy Of Premises Situated In England Page 4