Pt. 5A 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 Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 35(2), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64LPrivate Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016An 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.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-05Expert Participation2026-05-01Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016specified provision(s)The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2017 (revoked)reg. 2Sch.Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 25(1)(a)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 25(2)(b)s. 86(2)reg. 2(4)(5)sch. Pt. 4Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 25(1)(b) and wordHousing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 25(2)(c)s. 86(2)reg. 2(4)(5)sch. Pt. 4Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 29(1)(a)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 25(3)(b)s. 86(2)reg. 2(4)(5)sch. Pt. 4Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 29(1)(b) and wordHousing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 25(3)(c)s. 86(2)reg. 2(4)(5)sch. Pt. 4Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 34(1)(c) and wordHousing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 25(4)(c)s. 86(2)reg. 2(4)(5)sch. Pt. 4Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 48(3A)-(3D)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 44(2)(c)s. 86(2)reg. 2(4)(5)sch. Pt. 4Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 49(4A)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 44(4)(c)s. 86(2)reg. 2(4)(5)sch. Pt. 4Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 51AHousing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 28(2)s. 86(2)Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 59(1A)(1B)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 34(2)(b)s. 86(2)reg. 2(3)(5)sch. Pt. 3Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016s. 59(5)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 34(2)(e)s. 86(2)reg. 2(3)(5)sch. Pt. 3Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016Sch. 5 para. 6 and cross-headingHousing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 51(2)s. 86(2)Part 5Akeeping pets and making changes to let propertyChapter 2Making changes to let property
64LPower to specify changes to a let property that may be made by the tenant(1)

For the purposes of section 64H(6)(a), the Scottish Ministers may by regulations specify one or more changes (or kinds of change) to a property let under a private residential tenancy.

(2)

Regulations under subsection (1) must categorise each specified change or kind of change as either—

(a)

a category 1 change, or

(b)

a category 2 change.

(3)

Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that a category 1 change or a category 2 change—

(a)

applies only in relation to property of a particular type or description, or

(b)

does not apply in relation to property of a particular type or description.

(4)

The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the day on which subsection (1) takes effect, lay before the Scottish Parliament a draft Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under that subsection.

(5)

If the Scottish Parliament approves the draft Scottish statutory instrument, the Scottish Ministers must make the regulations contained in the draft instrument.