Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

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(1)In this Part—

  • “assured tenancy” means an assured tenancy under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,

  • “final rent”, in relation to a tenancy, means the amount that was payable in rent at the end of the tenancy,

  • “initial rent”, in relation to a tenancy, means the amount that is (or is to be) payable in rent at the start of the tenancy,

  • “previous rent increase”, in relation to a current tenancy, means—

    (a)

    a setting of the initial rent under the current tenancy that exceeds the final rent under the immediately preceding tenancy, or

    (b)

    a relevant rent increase.

(2)For the purpose of this Part, whether property let under a tenancy is the same or substantially the same as property let under a previous tenancy is to be determined with reference to a comparison between the description of each property in the terms applying to each tenancy.]

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