The rent payable under a private residential tenancy may be increased only in accordance with Chapter 2.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 18 modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 1 para. 1(1)(3) (with ss. 1(2), 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))
Commencement Information
I1S. 18 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.
(1)The rent payable under a private residential tenancy may not be increased more than once in a 12 month period.
(2)For the purpose of subsection (1), in a case where the last rent increase resulted from an order of the rent officer or the First-tier Tribunal, the 12 month period is to be regarded as commencing on the date on which the rent would have been increased in accordance with section 22(4) had a referral to a rent officer not been made.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 19 modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 1 para. 1(1)(4) (with ss. 1(2), 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))
Commencement Information
I2S. 19 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.