The Assured Tenancies (Rent Information) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993

Made: 11th March 1993

Laid before Parliament: 11th March 1993

Coming into force: 1st April 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 49 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Rent Information) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Amendment of Assured Tenancies (Rent Information) (Scotland) Order 1989

2

The Schedule to the Assured Tenancies (Rent Information) (Scotland) Order 1989[^f00002] shall be amended as follows:—

• (a) at the end of paragraph 6 insert the following paragraph:—

(6A) Any amount of the rent which is attributable to the tenant’s liability to make payments to the landlord in respect of the council tax payable by the landlord.

; and

• (b) in paragraph 7, omit “or” and at the end of the paragraph add “or (d) an increase under section 25A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988[^f00003] to take account of the tenant’s liability to make payments to the landlord in respect of the council tax payable by the landlord.”.

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 11th March 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Assured Tenancies (Rent Information) (Scotland) Order 1989 which (among other things) specifies the information on rents of assured tenancies which is to be made publicly available by the rent assessment panel. It adds to this information details of any council tax included in the rent, and whether an application to the panel relates to an increase in the rent to take account of the tenant’s liability to make payments to the landlord in respect of council tax in the period commencing on 1st April 1993 and ending on 31st March 1994.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 43.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1989/685.

[^f00003]: Section 25A was inserted by the Local Government Finance (Housing) (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/658).