[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

Tenant’s referral of rent-increase notice to rent officer S

43Q Right of review to another rent officer S

(1) Where a rent officer has made an order under section 43O(2) or (3) in relation to the rent payable under a current tenancy, the landlord or the tenant may request a review of the order by a different rent officer.

(2) A request for a review of an order under subsection (1) must—

(a) be made before the end of the day falling 14 days after the order is made,

(b) be in the prescribed form,

(c) be intimated by the landlord or the tenant (as the case may be) to the other party to the tenancy by sending a copy of the request to the other party.

(3) Requesting a review under subsection (1) renders the order being reviewed of no effect.

(4) In subsection (2), “prescribed” means prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations.]