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Clause 8 of the Renters’ Rights Bill sets out the circumstances in which a tenant can submit an application to the tribunal to challenge the rent amount in the first six months of a tenancy. This has a similar effect to the existing mechanisms provided for by Section 22 of the Housing Act 1988, which allows tenants to challenge the rent in the first six months of new assured shorthold tenancies. Amendment 86, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, would decrease the amount of time a tenant has to make a challenge under the new system from six months to two months.