Section 13 Rent Increase Date Checker

A Section 13 notice on Form 4A must be served at least 2 months before the new rent starts. This applies to every assured periodic tenancy in England from 1 May 2026, whatever the rent period.

Once a year through Section 13. The first increase cannot start until 52 weeks after the tenancy began, and each later increase must be at least 52 weeks after the previous one took effect.

Because 52 weeks is slightly less than a year, rent dates would creep earlier each year. If the new date would fall more than 6 days before the anniversary of the first increase after 11 February 2003 (Form 4A question 4.4), the landlord must wait 53 weeks instead.

On the first day of a rent period. For a monthly tenancy that started on the 20th, the new rent must start on the 20th of a month; for a weekly tenancy that started on a Monday, it must start on a Monday.

Yes. The tenant can refer the proposed rent to the tribunal, which decides the market rent. The tribunal must receive the application before the start date in the notice. Otherwise the new rent applies from that date unless the landlord and tenant agree something different.

Yes, a Section 13 notice must be on the prescribed form. For private rented assured tenancies in England that is Form 4A; assured agricultural occupancies use a different form.