Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 19)

PART 4 S Rent

CHAPTER 3 S Rent pressure zones

Designation and effect of rent pressure zone S

37 Power to designate a zone S

(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.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 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

I1 S. 37 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.