Application to Tribunal for reduction of rent

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the tenant of a tenancy to which this Act applies may, at any time by notice in writing according to Form 7 in the First Schedule, apply to the Tribunal having jurisdiction in the area in which the land, the subject of the tenancy is situate, to have reduced on and from the day on which such application is made the amount of rent payable by him in respect to such tenancy. (2) No application under subsection (1) of this section, shall be made by the same tenant in respect to the same tenancy within twelve months of a previous such application made by him.