Part 1Rent
Chapter 3Other restrictions on rent increases
Frequency of rent increases
24Private residential tenancies not in rent control area: frequency of rent increase
(1)
The 2016 Act is modified as follows.
(2)
In section 19 (frequency with which rent may be increased)—
(a)
in subsection (1), for the words “more than once in a 12 month period” substitute
“—
(a)
during the first 12 months of the tenancy except in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations,
(b)
more than once in any other 12 month period”,
(b)
in subsection (2), for “subsection (1)” substitute “subsection (1)(b)”
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