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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><ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="ScottishAct"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2016"/><ukm:Number Value="19"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2016-04-22"/><ukm:ISBN Value="9780105902980"/><ukm:UnappliedEffects><ukm:UnappliedEffect Type="coming into force" AffectingClass="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-3efe10920d6f2fce731ba25d3f1e0d60" AffectedYear="2016" AffectedNumber="19" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/293" Modified="2026-04-26T16:41:23Z" RequiresApplied="false" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19" AffectedProvisions="specified provision(s)" AffectingProvisions="reg. 2 Sch." EffectId="key-3efe10920d6f2fce731ba25d3f1e0d60" AffectingYear="2017" AffectingNumber="293" AffectedClass="ScottishAct" Notes="This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.S.I. 2017/293 is revoked and superseded by S.S.I. 2017/346" AffectedExtent="S" Row="398" TypeNotes="coming into force"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Private Housing (Tenancies)
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			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:SectionRange Start="section-48-3A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/48/3A" FoundStart="section-48" End="section-48-3D" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/48/3D" FoundEnd="section-48" MissingEnd="true"><ukm:Section Ref="section-48-3A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/48/3A" FoundRef="section-48">s. 48(3A)</ukm:Section>-<ukm:Section Ref="section-48-3D" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/48/3D" FoundRef="section-48">(3D)</ukm:Section></ukm:SectionRange></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-44-2-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/44/2/c">s. 44(2)(c)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">s. 86(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115" CommencingClass="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Date="2027-04-01" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2026" CommencingNumber="115"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/4">reg. 2(4)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/5">(5)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule">sch. </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-part-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule/part/4">Pt. 4</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingClass="ScottishAct" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19" AffectingNumber="13" AffectedProvisions="s. 49(4A)" EffectId="key-26b1e40b889d0aafe27d3a41360a79ac" AffectedClass="ScottishAct" Type="inserted" AffectedNumber="19" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-26b1e40b889d0aafe27d3a41360a79ac" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" AffectingProvisions="s. 44(4)(c)" AffectedYear="2016" Row="163" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" AffectingYear="2025" Modified="2026-04-26T16:41:23Z"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Private Housing (Tenancies)
			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-49-4A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/49/4A" FoundRef="section-49">s. 49(4A)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-44-4-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/44/4/c">s. 44(4)(c)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">s. 86(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115" CommencingClass="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Date="2027-04-01" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2026" CommencingNumber="115"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/4">reg. 2(4)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/5">(5)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule">sch. </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-part-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule/part/4">Pt. 4</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectedClass="ScottishAct" AffectingYear="2025" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-8ab32fd8a71a844b4dc890a0389af7b7" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingNumber="13" AffectedYear="2016" AffectedProvisions="s. 51A" Comments="Confers Power" AffectingProvisions="s. 28(2)" Type="inserted" Row="172" Modified="2026-04-26T16:41:23Z" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" AffectedNumber="19" EffectId="key-8ab32fd8a71a844b4dc890a0389af7b7"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Private Housing (Tenancies)
			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section xmlns:err="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/error" Ref="section-51A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/51A" err:Ref="Section missing in legislation" Missing="true">s. 51A</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-28-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/28/2">s. 28(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">s. 86(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingYear="2025" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" AffectedProvisions="s. 59(1A)(1B)" AffectedYear="2016" AffectedNumber="19" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" AffectingNumber="13" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-9a0df96f5e5c6d9dc3d74fe455c33f8a" Modified="2026-04-26T16:41:23Z" Type="inserted" AffectedClass="ScottishAct" RequiresApplied="true" EffectId="key-9a0df96f5e5c6d9dc3d74fe455c33f8a" AffectingProvisions="s. 34(2)(b)" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" Row="189"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Private Housing (Tenancies)
			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-59-1A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/59/1A" FoundRef="section-59">s. 59(1A)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="section-59-1B" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/59/1B" FoundRef="section-59">(1B)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-34-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/34/2/b">s. 34(2)(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">s. 86(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115" CommencingClass="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Date="2026-10-06" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2026" CommencingNumber="115" Comments="For the purposes of a private residential tenancy which has been brought to an end by an eviction order, or in accordance with section 50 of the 2016 Act, on or after 6 October 2026."><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/3">reg. 2(3)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/5">(5)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule">sch. </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-part-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule/part/3">Pt. 3</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingYear="2025" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-71f286db7f27040bdb9f3eb6d5b8d0a0" AffectedProvisions="s. 59(5)" AffectedClass="ScottishAct" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" Type="inserted" RequiresApplied="true" AffectedYear="2016" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" Modified="2026-04-26T16:41:23Z" Row="192" AffectedNumber="19" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19" AffectingProvisions="s. 34(2)(e)" AffectingNumber="13" EffectId="key-71f286db7f27040bdb9f3eb6d5b8d0a0" Comments="Confers Power"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Private Housing (Tenancies)
			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-59-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/59/5" FoundRef="section-59">s. 59(5)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-34-2-e" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/34/2/e">s. 34(2)(e)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">s. 86(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115" CommencingClass="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Date="2026-10-06" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2026" CommencingNumber="115" Comments="For the purposes of a private residential tenancy which has been brought to an end by an eviction order, or in accordance with section 50 of the 2016 Act, on or after 6 October 2026."><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/3">reg. 2(3)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-2-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/regulation/2/5">(5)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule">sch. </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-part-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2026/115/schedule/part/3">Pt. 3</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-78ec692514fb1e85587a3ff47d32b033" AffectingNumber="13" Comments="Confers Power" AffectedClass="ScottishAct" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19" Modified="2026-04-26T16:41:23Z" AffectedNumber="19" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingYear="2025" EffectId="key-78ec692514fb1e85587a3ff47d32b033" AffectingEffectsExtent="S" AffectingClass="ScottishAct" AffectingProvisions="s. 51(2)" Row="397" Type="inserted" AffectedYear="2016" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 5 para. 6 and cross-heading"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Private Housing (Tenancies)
			(Scotland) Act 2016</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/schedule/5">Sch. 5 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-5-paragraph-6" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/schedule/5/paragraph/6" FoundRef="schedule-5">para. 6</ukm:Section> and cross-heading</ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-51-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/51/2">s. 51(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-86-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/86/2">s. 86(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/pdfs/aspen_20160019_en.pdf" Date="2016-05-25" Title="Explanatory Note" Size="1969764"/></ukm:Alternatives></ukm:Notes><ukm:CorrectionSlips><ukm:CorrectionSlip URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/pdfs/aspcs_20160019_en.pdf" Date="2016-09-05" Title="Correction Slip" Size="12833"/></ukm:CorrectionSlips><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/pdfs/asp_20160019_en.pdf" Date="2016-04-27" Size="563442"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="203"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="131"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="72"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="3"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><body eId="body"><part eId="part-5A"><num><b><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317" class="commentary"/>Part 5A</ins></b></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">keeping pets and making changes to let property</ins></heading><chapter eId="part-5A-chapter-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Chapter 2</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Making changes to let property</ins></heading><section eId="section-64N" uk:target="true"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">64N</ins></num><heading><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Power to make provision about when a consent condition for a category 2 change is reasonable</ins></heading><subsection eId="section-64N-1"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">(1)</ins></num><content><p><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">For the purpose of section 64I(4), the Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about when a condition specified in a landlord’s notice is reasonable.</ins></p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-64N-2"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">(2)</ins></num><intro><p><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular specify—</ins></p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-64N-2-a"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">(a)</ins></num><content><p><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">circumstances in which a condition, or type of condition, is or is not reasonable,</ins></p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-64N-2-b"><num><ins ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">(b)</ins></num><content><p><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">factors that tend to show that a condition is or is not reasonable.</ins></p></content></level></subsection></section></chapter></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>