[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 2 S rent variation instigated by landlord’s notice

Rent-increase notice given by landlord S

43M Modification of rent-increase notice by parties S

(1) This section does not apply in relation to a current tenancy if the permitted rate is 0%.

(2) Anything specified in a rent-increase notice in accordance with section 43L(3)(a) may be modified by agreement between the landlord and tenant under the current tenancy.

(3) But the landlord and the tenant may not modify a rent-increase notice under subsection (2) so as to increase the rent payable under the current tenancy by more than the permitted rate.

(4) A modification made to a rent-increase notice by virtue of subsection (2) ceases to have effect if the notice subsequently prompts a referral to a rent officer under section 43N(2).]