(a) Every landlord shall pay a fee of $30 for each controlled housing accommodation in every building containing housing accommodations subject to these regulations to obtain an order establishing or adjusting the maximum rent, pursuant to section 2201.4 or 2201.5 of this Title, for each successive two-year period commencing January 1, 1990. For the purposes of this section, the number of controlled housing accommodations is the number of such accommodations shown on the records of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, less the number of units for which decontrol orders were issued, or reports of decontrol were properly filed pursuant to section 42 of the New York City Rent and Eviction Regulations or section 2203.2 of this Title, on or before October 1, 1981 or October 1st biennially thereafter for each successive two-year period.

(b) The fee for processing and obtaining any order with respect to establishing or adjusting the maximum rent pursuant to section 2201.4 or 2201.5 of this Title shall be paid within 30 days of the date of issuance of the landlord's order of eligibility by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, which shall in no event be refunded. In addition to complying with every other requirement of these regulations applicable to the establishment or adjustment of the maximum rent, the landlord must pay such fee to be eligible for an order establishing or adjusting the maximum rent.

(c) Where a landlord has not paid the fee as required by this section, the administrator may deny, defer or revoke the order establishing or adjusting the maximum rent and any increase in the maximum collectible rent for the biennial period for which the required fee was not paid.

(d) This section shall not apply to any building with eight or fewer housing accommodations if any housing accommodations in such building were owner-occupied on October 1st of the year immediately preceding the biennial period commencing January 1, 1974.