Commentary on provisions of Act Section 31: Transitional provision
This section prevents extended impact on registered providers that have tenancy agreements in place that provide for rent reviews on fixed dates. It therefore enables, by virtue of subsection (2), but does not require, providers to bring forward rent reviews more quickly after the end of the rent restrictions, and subsections (3) to (6) enable a provider with rent reviews that are approximately annual to bring forward all subsequent rent reviews. Subsection (8) sets out that the registered provider and the tenant may vary or exclude by agreement a term implied by this section.