RENTS OF FLATS
CONVERTED DWELLINGS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS Although there is an impression fcmong many persons that the provisions of the Fair Rents Act do not apply to flats generally, it is pointed out that buildings converted into flats prior to the passing of the Act and then in occupation are subject thereto. The clause- in the Act relating to flats is (c) of section 2. This excludes from the Act, "any premises forming part of a building originally erected for the purpose of being let as two or more separate flats or apartments." If. therefore, a dwelling was not originally erected for the purpose of flats, an. official view is that the rentals charged must conform to the conditions contained in the legislation. The point, to which attention has been drawn by a man closely in touch with the situation, is stated to have arisen on a good number of occasions recently, tenants of converted flats, who previously were under the impression that rentals charged were not subject to the legislation, having learned that the contrary was the case.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22619, 6 January 1937, Page 6
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180RENTS OF FLATS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22619, 6 January 1937, Page 6
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