(1)An area may not be designated as a rent pressure zone unless it is an area which the Scottish Ministers have been asked to designate as a rent pressure zone in an application under section 35.
(2)An area may not be designated as a rent pressure zone more than once on the basis of the same application under section 35.
(3)Regulations designating a rent pressure zone cease to have effect 5 years after they come into force, unless—
(a)they provide, or another enactment provides, that they cease to have effect sooner, or
(b)they are revoked.