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			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/schedule/5">Sch. 5 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5-paragraph-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/schedule/5/paragraph/6" FoundRef="schedule-5">para. 6</ukm:Section> and cross-heading</ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-51-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/51/2">s. 51(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">s. 86(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingNumber="17" EffectId="key-6a7f63aff9741bfeeed9dd13fb2e8c1e" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" AffectedNumber="19" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/asp-2026-17-7iwuwns6-116" AffectedClass="ScottishAct" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingProvisions="s. 28(2)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" AffectingYear="2026" Type="inserted" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19" Row="116" AffectedYear="2016" Created="2026-05-28T11:35:44Z" AffectedProvisions="sch. 1 para. 4A"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Private Housing (Tenancies)
			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/schedule/1">sch. 1 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-1-paragraph-4A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/schedule/1/paragraph/4A" FoundRef="schedule-1">para. 4A</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-28-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/28/2">s. 28(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-66-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/66/2">s. 66(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/pdfs/aspen_20160019_en.pdf" Date="2016-05-25" Title="Explanatory Note" Size="1969764"/></ukm:Alternatives></ukm:Notes><ukm:CorrectionSlips><ukm:CorrectionSlip URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/pdfs/aspcs_20160019_en.pdf" Date="2016-09-05" Title="Correction Slip" Size="12833"/></ukm:CorrectionSlips><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/pdfs/asp_20160019_en.pdf" Date="2016-04-27" Size="563442"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="203"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="131"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="72"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="3"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><body eId="body"><part eId="part-4"><num><b>PART 4</b></num><heading><ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-584221123c7dd6e862da692f49e1abaf-1776935771304" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-584221123c7dd6e862da692f49e1abaf"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-584221123c7dd6e862da692f49e1abaf" class="commentary"/>Rent: properties not in a rent control area (or properties that are exempt properties)</ins></heading><chapter eId="part-4-chapter-3"><num>...</num><heading>Chapter 3</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="chapter-...-crossheading-1" uk:target="true"><heading><noteRef href="#key-6e25e4a30469836166c41296d0cc2342" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/><i/></heading><content/></hcontainer></chapter></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>