Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

27 Rent relief orders

(1) A rent relief order is an order by a private rented housing committee which reduces any rent payable under the tenancy in question by such amount (not exceeding 90% of the rent which would, but for the order, be payable) as may be specified in the order.

(2) A private rented housing committee may make a rent relief order only where they have decided that a landlord has failed to comply with a repairing standard enforcement order which has effect in relation to the house concerned.

(3) A rent relief order does not affect the terms or validity of the tenancy to which it relates (otherwise than by reducing the rent payable under the tenancy).

(4) The committee may decide to revoke a rent relief order at any time; and the committee must decide to do so if—

(a) the repairing standard enforcement order to which the rent relief order relates is revoked, or

(b) a certificate is granted under section 60 in relation to the work required by that repairing standard enforcement order.

(5) The revocation of a rent relief order does not make a tenant liable to pay any rent which the tenant would, but for the rent relief order, have been liable to pay under the tenancy while the rent relief order had effect.