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			(Scotland) Act 2016</dc:title><dc:description>An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about private rented housing; in particular to establish a new type of tenancy to be known as a private residential tenancy.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-05-05</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-05-01</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/body" NumberOfProvisions="131" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2026-05-01"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/part/4A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/4A" NumberOfProvisions="23" id="part-4A" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Number><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">Part 4A</Addition></Number><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">Rent: properties in a rent control area (other than exempt properties)</Addition></Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/part/4A/chapter/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/4A/chapter/2" NumberOfProvisions="11" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01" id="part-4A-chapter-2"><Number><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">Chapter 2</Addition></Number><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">rent variation instigated by landlord’s notice</Addition></Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/part/4A/chapter/2/crossheading/matters-arising-from-referral-to-rent-officer-or-application-to-firsttier-tribunal" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/4A/chapter/2/crossheading/matters-arising-from-referral-to-rent-officer-or-application-to-firsttier-tribunal" NumberOfProvisions="2" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01" id="part-4A-chapter-2-crossheading-matters-arising-from-referral-to-rent-officer-or-application-to-firsttier-tribunal"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">Matters arising from referral to rent officer or application to First-tier Tribunal</Addition></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">Withdrawal of referral or request for review by rent officer or application to First-tier Tribunal</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V" id="section-43V"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">43V</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1" id="section-43V-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">This section applies—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/a" id="section-43V-1-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">where a referral to the rent officer made under section 43N(2) is withdrawn by the tenant,</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b" id="section-43V-1-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">where—</Addition></Text><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/i" id="section-43V-1-b-i"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">i</Addition></Pnumber><P4para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">a request for a review by another rent officer made under section 43Q(1) is withdrawn by one party, and</Addition></Text></P4para></P4><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/ii" id="section-43V-1-b-ii"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">ii</Addition></Pnumber><P4para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">either—</Addition></Text><P5 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/ii/A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/ii/A" id="section-43V-1-b-ii-A"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">A</Addition></Pnumber><P5para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">the other party has not requested a review in respect of the tenancy in question, or</Addition></Text></P5para></P5><P5 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/ii/B" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/b/ii/B" id="section-43V-1-b-ii-B"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">B</Addition></Pnumber><P5para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">any request for a review by the other party has been withdrawn, or</Addition></Text></P5para></P5></P4para></P4></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/1/c" id="section-43V-1-c"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">c</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">where an application to the First-tier Tribunal made under section 43S(1) is withdrawn by the tenant.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/2" id="section-43V-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">The order maker must make an order under section 43O(2) or (3), section 43R(2) or (3), or section 43T(2)(b) or (4)(a) or (b) (as the case may be), stating that from the effective date the rent payable under the current tenancy concerned is the lower of—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/2/a" id="section-43V-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">the rent specified in the rent-increase notice, and</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/2/b" id="section-43V-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">the rent payable under the tenancy as increased by the permitted rate.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/3" id="section-43V-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">Where the order maker is another rent officer in relation to the making of an order under section 43R(2) or (3), an order may not be made by virtue of subsection (2) until the expiry of the period within which a request for a review made under section 43Q(1) may be made.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43V/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/43V/4" id="section-43V-4"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">4</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">In subsection (2)—</Addition></Text><UnorderedList Class="Definition" Decoration="none"><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">“</Addition><Term><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">order maker</Addition></Term><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">” means—</Addition></Text><OrderedList Type="alpha" Decoration="parens"><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">in the case of the making of an order under section 43O(2) or (3), the rent officer,</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">in the case of the making of an order under section 43R(2) or (3), another rent officer,</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">in the case of the making of an order under section 43T(2)(b) or (4)(a) or (b), the First-tier Tribunal,</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">“</Addition><Term><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">the rent-increase notice</Addition></Term><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">” means the rent-increase notice that, as the case may be—</Addition></Text><OrderedList Type="alpha" Decoration="parens"><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">prompted the referral to the rent officer,</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">led to the request for review by another rent officer, or</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a-1776936618960" CommentaryRef="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a">led to the application to the First-tier Tribunal.</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem></OrderedList></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-2bc8b7ee75e99ad342663964f6ce171a" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c5xlbhk26-00032" SectionRef="part-4A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/4A">Pt. 4A</CitationSubRef> inserted (1.4.2026) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" id="c5xlbhk26-00033" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2025" Number="13" Title="Housing (Scotland) Act 2025">Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef 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