PART 4Rent
CHAPTER 3Rent pressure zones
Designation and effect of rent pressure zone
I1C137Power to designate a zone
1
After receiving an application under section 35, the Scottish Ministers may by regulations—
a
designate an area as a rent pressure zone, and
b
prescribe in relation to that zone a number of percentage points as the value of X for the purposes of section 38(1).
2
In subsection (1)(b), “a number”—
a
includes zero and fractional parts of a whole number, but
b
does not include negative numbers.