Within 18 weeks of receiving a valid application under section 35, the Scottish Ministers must lay before the Scottish Parliament either—
(a)a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under section 37 designating the area specified in the application as a rent pressure zone, or
(b)a document explaining why the Ministers have not laid before the Parliament the draft instrument described in paragraph (a).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 35-43 modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 1 para. 1(1)(19) (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. 36 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.