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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/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/part/5A/chapter/2" NumberOfProvisions="8" id="part-5A-chapter-2" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Number><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Chapter 2</Addition></Number><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Making changes to let property</Addition></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01" ConfersPower="true"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Power to make provision about when a consent condition for a category 2 change is reasonable</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64N" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64N" id="section-64N" ConfersPower="true"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">64N</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64N/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64N/1" id="section-64N-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" 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.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64N/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64N/2" id="section-64N-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular specify—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64N/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/64N/2/a" id="section-64N-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317-1776937096755" CommentaryRef="key-8112fb098066cb519d2599e570ad4317">circumstances in which a condition, or type of condition, is or is not reasonable,</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/64N/2/b" 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