Housing (Scotland) Act 2025

2 Report to Scottish Ministers following periodic assessment

(1) A local authority’s report under section 1(1) must—

(a) include details of the assessment of rent conditions carried out by the local authority,

(b) state—

(i) whether or not it recommends to the Scottish Ministers that they designate all or any part of the area of the local authority as a rent control area under section 9(1), and

(ii) the reasons for any such recommendation.

(2) In its report under section 1(1), a local authority may recommend the designation of any area as a rent control area only if the local authority is of the opinion that the introduction of measures to control the rate at which rent payable under private residential tenancies of properties in the area is increasing is necessary to protect the social and economic interests of tenants in the area.

(3) Where a local authority recommends under subsection (1)(b)(i) that part of the area of the local authority should be designated as a rent control area, the authority may, where the authority considers it appropriate, specify the part (including its boundary) by reference to a street, all or part of an electoral ward or another appropriate existing boundary.

(4) Where a report includes a recommendation as mentioned in subsection (2) that an area be designated as a rent control area, the report must include a plan identifying the boundary of the area.

(5) In this Chapter, “rent control area” means an area that is designated as a rent control area by regulations under section 9(1).