F1Part 5Akeeping pets and making changes to let property
Chapter 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.