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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/5A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/5A" NumberOfProvisions="15" id="part-5A" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Number><Strong><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Part 5A</Addition></Strong></Number><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">keeping pets and making changes to let property</Addition></Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/part/5A/chapter/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/5A/chapter/1" NumberOfProvisions="7" id="part-5A-chapter-1" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Number><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Chapter 1</Addition></Number><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Keeping pets</Addition></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Restrictions on keeping a pet: decisions on appeal</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D" id="section-64D"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">64D</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/1" id="section-64D-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Subsection (2) applies in relation to an appeal under section 64C(1)(a)(i) against one or more consent conditions.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/2" id="section-64D-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">If the First-tier Tribunal decides that—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/2/a" id="section-64D-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">any such condition is unreasonable, it may make a consent order,</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/2/b" id="section-64D-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">each such condition is reasonable, it may dismiss the appeal.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/3" id="section-64D-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Subsection (4) applies in relation to an appeal under section 64C(1)(a)(ii) against a refusal of consent.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/4" id="section-64D-4"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">4</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">If the First-tier Tribunal decides that—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/4/a" id="section-64D-4-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">the refusal is unreasonable, it may make a consent order,</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/4/b" id="section-64D-4-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">the refusal is reasonable, it may dismiss the appeal.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/5" id="section-64D-5"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">5</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Subsection (6) applies in relation to an appeal under section 64C(1)(b) against a deemed refusal of consent.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6" id="section-64D-6"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">6</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">If the First-tier Tribunal—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/a" id="section-64D-6-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">is satisfied that the landlord in question is deemed to have refused such consent and decides that—</Addition></Text><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/a/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/a/i" id="section-64D-6-a-i"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">i</Addition></Pnumber><P4para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">the deemed refusal is unreasonable, it may make a consent order,</Addition></Text></P4para></P4><P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/a/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/a/ii" id="section-64D-6-a-ii"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">ii</Addition></Pnumber><P4para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">the deemed refusal is reasonable, it may dismiss the appeal,</Addition></Text></P4para></P4></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/6/b" id="section-64D-6-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">is not satisfied that the landlord is deemed to have refused consent, it may dismiss the appeal.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64D/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64D/7" id="section-64D-7"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">7</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">In this section, a “</Addition><Term><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">consent order</Addition></Term><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">”, in relation to an appeal by a tenant under section 64C(1), means an order requiring the landlord to give the tenant notice that the landlord consents to the tenant keeping the pet to which the appeal relates at the let property with or without such conditions as the First-tier Tribunal may specify.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c5xllgg76-00045" SectionRef="part-5A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/5A">Pt. 5A</CitationSubRef> inserted (1.4.2026 for the purpose of inserting ss. 64B(1)(3), 64C(3), 64E, 64F, 64G, 64I(1)(3), 64J(3), 64L, 64M, 64N, and 64O to enable the Scottish Ministers to consult or make regulations) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" id="c5xllgg76-00046" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2025" Number="13" Title="Housing (Scotland) Act 2025">Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5xllgg76-00046" id="c5xllgg76-00047" SectionRef="section-35-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/35/2" Operative="true">ss. 35(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5xllgg76-00046" id="c5xllgg76-00048" SectionRef="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">86(2)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115" id="c5xllgg76-00049" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2026" Number="115" Title="The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2026">S.S.I. 2026/115</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5xllgg76-00049" id="c5xllgg76-00050" SectionRef="regulation-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/1">reg. 2(1)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5xllgg76-00049" id="c5xllgg76-00051" SectionRef="regulation-2-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/5">(5)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5xllgg76-00049" 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