Part 8

Final provisions

Regulations
82
1
Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under this Act includes power to make different provision for different purposes or areas.
2
Regulations under section 1(3) or (4) are subject to the negative procedure.
3
Regulations under section 9(1), 13(1), 14(10) or (11), 19(1), (5) or (6), 20(1) or 79(1) are subject to the affirmative procedure.
4
This section does not apply to regulations under section 86(2).

Ancillary provision
83
1
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act or any provision made under it.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) may modify any enactment (including this Act).
3
Regulations under subsection (1)—
a
are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act, but
b
otherwise, are subject to the negative procedure.

Interpretation
84
In this Act—
- “the 2016 Act” means the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016,
- “First-tier Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland,
- “private residential tenancy” means a private residential tenancy under the 2016 Act.

Minor and consequential modifications
85
The schedule contains minor and consequential modifications of enactments.

Commencement
86
1
This Part, except for section 85, comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.
2
The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.
3
But if any provision of Part 5 is not in force before the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the day after Royal Assent, the provision comes into force on the day after the end of that period.
4
Regulations under subsection (2) may—
a
include transitional, transitory or saving provision,
b
make different provision for different purposes.

Short title
87
The short title of this Act is the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025.
S. 82 in force at 7.11.2025, see s. 86(1)
S. 83 in force at 7.11.2025, see s. 86(1)
S. 84 in force at 7.11.2025, see s. 86(1)
S. 85 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 86(2)
S. 86 in force at 7.11.2025, see s. 86(1)
S. 87 in force at 7.11.2025, see s. 86(1)
S. 85 in force at 7.1.2026 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 3(b)