(1) Notwithstanding section 198(4A), where a supplement towards the amount of rent payable by a person in respect of his or her residence is paid immediately before 1 January 2011 and continues to be paid immediately after 1 January 2011 in respect of that residence under the same tenancy and the information specified in subsection (2) has not been provided by a landlord, a designated person may, in accordance with this Act, continue to pay the supplement for that residence under the same tenancy -

(a) for a period commencing on 1 January 2011 and ending on the cessation date specified in a request under subsection (2), and

(b) where a designated person, having regard to all the circumstances of the person, is satisfied that the payment is appropriate for the purpose of avoiding undue hardship, for a period commencing on the cessation date and ending not later than 31 March 2012.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a designated person shall send a notification in writing to the landlord of a residence referred to in that subsection in respect of which a supplement was paid -