[F1 Part 4A S Rent: properties in a rent control area (other than exempt properties)

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 4A inserted (1.4.2026) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 23(4), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

Chapter 1 S Initial provisions and restrictions in relation to rent etc.

Key definitions in this Part S

43F Meaning of other terms S

(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.]