Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

[^key-f19e87d89d6534df76452b8d37adc6a4]: Sch. 3 para. 12A treated as inserted (temp. until the end of 31.3.2024) (28.10.2022) by virtue of Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 2 para. 4(1)(3)(c) (with ss. 6, 7, 8) (as amended: (1.4.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/82, regs. 1(3), 2(2); and (27.9.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/275, regs. 1(2), 2(2))

[^key-f1a502d8f37a3a0bdea0ebace8df9343]: S. 71 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-f1f96983cc123b52fc13237633a00115]: Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-f47180085cbf85a3de8d39c8747ddf76]: S. 29 modified (temp. until the end of 31.3.2025) (1.4.2024) by The Rent Adjudication (Temporary Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/89), regs. 1(1), 2(1)(3) (with reg. 1(2)) (with savings for expiry in S.S.I. 2025/29, regs. 1(1), 2)

[^key-f4adc54b65c1d80baac252d6b7726f37]: Word in sch. 3 para. 1(2) substituted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 43(3)(a)(i), 59(1) (with s. 48(1))

[^key-f6abdd2f4e579c8e19f35ebee4c6870c]: Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-f7d80b9ca4922a2682b1dbe2926c76e9]: S. 57 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-f897165c06676de4f28d6f0fb6519133]: Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-f97072c8f780e3fd2093f6693480a80d]: S. 67 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-f9df679c3f01289557df8499b93824a1]: S. 29 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-f9e6e59971502bd911dd290336a49145]: S. 31 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-fb1f1e41bc04b47d4c039752ef629db6]: S. 12 in force at 31.10.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/298, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-fb2aa754567059ee9c09fbdc73c1dcfa]: Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-fb4e32b526858515d2f5dca0c3eace09]: S. 59 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-fc3b80b3d596568d71a5480e438857c3]: Sch. 4 para. 4 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-fd6a1d459ebfe37c6c616b05c33a829d]: Sch. 4 para. 11 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^key-fea9f0c72647c03cbcddf027342fd7d9]: Sch. 3 para. 3(2)(d) and word inserted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 43(3)(c)(iii), 59(1) (with s. 48(1))

[^key-ff8ff924b409f916bdd69a9249b689a2]: S. 3 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

[^M_F_1d995282-b6da-43ae-b7f8-62fedca73fe1]: S. 34A and cross-heading (which is treated as temp. inserted) renumbered as s. 33ZA and cross-heading (31.3.2023) by virtue of The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Incidental Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/116), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(i)

[^M_F_200de096-0966-4e28-fab3-ee287ce3538d]: S. 34A (subsequently renumbered as s. 33ZA) and cross-heading inserted (temp. until 31.3.2025) (28.10.2022) by virtue of Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 3 para. 1(2) (with s. 11) (with reg. 1(2) (with savings for expiry in S.S.I. 2025/29, regs. 1(1), 2)

[^M_F_4948cb2d-f1c2-4a57-eec4-397fd7b2ae49]: S. 34A heading (which is treated as temp. inserted) substituted (31.3.2023) by virtue of The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Incidental Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/116), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(ii)

[^M_F_4f9357f1-1bd5-4941-eb9b-d7f5d418aeee]: S. 34A cross-heading (which is treated as temp. inserted) substituted (31.3.2023) by virtue of The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Incidental Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/116), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(iii)

[^M_F_d685489a-58a6-4b25-ab05-a3c304950129]: Words in s. 77(3) inserted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 46(3), 59(1) (with s. 48(1))

[^M_F_e849c127-b313-4893-95f8-d3a806947d89]: S. 34A (which is treated as temp. inserted) renumbered as s. 33ZA and cross-heading (31.3.2023) by virtue of The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Incidental Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/116), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(i)

Procedure for designating a zone: consultation and information

Accommodation for veterans and care leavers

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• (1) A tenancy cannot be a private residential tenancy if the landlord is—

• (a) a charity providing accommodation to veterans, or

• (b) a charity providing temporary accommodation to a care leaver.

• (2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “care leaver” is a person who—is under the age of 26 years,was on that person’s sixteenth birthday or at any subsequent time looked after by a local authority, andis no longer looked after by a local authority; and “looked after” is to be construed in accordance with sections 17(6) (duty of local authority to child looked after by them) and 29(7) (after-care) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,

• “charity” has the meaning given in section 106 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and

• “veteran” means a person who has served—for at least one day in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces (regular and reserve), oras a member of the Merchant Navy on a civilian vessel while supporting the Armed Forces.

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Chapter 2A — Rent variation instigated by landlord’s application to rent officer

33A

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33B

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33C

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33D

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33E

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33F

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33G

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Landlord intends to live in property to alleviate financial hardship

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34A

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Procedure for designating a zone: consultation and information

Landlord intends to live in property to alleviate financial hardship

1A

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4A

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Substantial rent arrears

12A

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Power to modify Chapter 2

33ZA

• (1) On or in anticipation of the expiry or suspension of paragraph 1 of schedule 1 of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022, the Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the provisions of this Chapter in connection with the determination of the rent payable under a private residential tenancy by a rent officer or the First-tier Tribunal.

• (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision—

• (a) about the basis on which the rent is to be determined by a rent officer or the First-tier Tribunal which may include—

• (i) matters to be taken into account in determining the rent,

• (ii) matters to be disregarded in determining the rent,

• (iii) assumptions to be made in determining the rent,

• (b) limiting the rent that may be determined to an amount that is no more than the rent specified in accordance with section 22(2)(a)(i) in a rent-increase notice prompting the referral to the rent officer in question or (as the case may be) leading to the appeal to the First-tier Tribunal,

• (c) about the procedure relating to referral to a rent officer or appeal to the First-tier Tribunal.

• (3) Before laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) before the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Ministers—

• (a) must consult such persons as appear to them to represent the interests of tenants and landlords under private residential tenancies, and

• (b) may consult any other person they consider appropriate.

31A

• (1) Where an order maker is to determine the rent payable under section 25(1) or (as the case may be) 29(1), the determination is to be made on the basis that the rent payable is the lowest of—

• (a) the proposed rent,

• (b) the open market rent,

• (c) where the market difference is more than 6%, the permitted rent.

• (2) The permitted rent is—

• (a) where the market difference is less than 24%, the calculated amount,

• (b) where the market difference is 24% or more, 12% more than the current rent.

• (3) The calculated amount is the amount (to the nearest £1) determined using the formula—

$$Amount £=C×106%±D%-6%3$where— C is the current rent, D% is the market difference expressed as a percentage.$

• (4) In this section—

• “the proposed rent” means the rent specified in accordance with section 22(2)(a)(i) in the rent-increase notice which prompted the referral,

• “the current rent” means the rent payable under the tenancy immediately before the date on which the rent would have been increased in accordance with section 22(4) had a referral to the rent officer not been made,

• “the market difference” means the percentage figure (to the nearest two decimal places) determined using the formula—$The market difference expressed as a percentage D%=M-CC×100%$where— C is the current rent, M is the open market rent,“the open market rent” means the rent determined in accordance with section 32.