53. Section 117 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) Without prejudice to subsection (1), in the case of a complaint referred to in section 76A, the adjudicator, or as the case may be the Tribunal, may, in dealing with the complaint, proceed to give such directions under this section as the adjudicator or Tribunal, considers appropriate for the purpose of providing relief of an interim nature (other than payment of arrears of rent) to the parties including a direction that pursuant to section 86(1)(a) —

(a) the tenant shall continue to pay the rent payable under the tenancy, or

(b) the sub-tenant shall continue to pay the rent payable under the sub-tenancy,

pending the determination of the original dispute referred to in section 76A.”.