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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 275

Housing

The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Date) Regulations 2023

Made

26th September 2023

Coming into force

27th September 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(3)(b) of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 7(5) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

In accordance with section 7(6) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have laid before the Scottish Parliament a statement of reasons as to why this instrument should be made.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Date) Regulations 2023.

(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment of expiry date of Part 1 of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022

2.—(1) The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 7(1) (expiry of Part 1) for “30 September 2023”(2) substitute “31 March 2024”.

PATRICK HARVIE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

26th September 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”) so as to change the expiry date of Part 1 of that Act. Part 1 was originally scheduled to expire on 31 March 2023. Regulation 2(2) of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Dates and Rent Cap Modification) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/82) extended the expiry date to 30 September 2023. Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends section 7(1) of the 2022 Act so that Part 1 will instead expire on 31 March 2024.

(2)

The expiry date of 30 September 2023 was inserted by regulation 2(2) of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Dates and Rent Cap Modification) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/82).