[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.

Restrictions on rent increases S

43I Frequency with which rent may be increased S

(1) The rent payable under a current tenancy may not be increased—

(a) if the let property was previously let—

(i) on the first occasion after the setting of the initial rent under the current tenancy, unless the most recent previous rent increase took effect more than 12 months previously,

(ii) thereafter, more than once in a 12 month period,

(b) if the let property was not previously let—

(i) during the first 12 months of the current tenancy except in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations,

(ii) more than once in any other 12 month period.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii), where the last rent increase resulted from an order of a rent officer or the First-tier Tribunal, the 12 month period is to be regarded as commencing on the date on which the rent would have been increased in accordance with section 43L(4) had a referral to a rent officer not been made.]