[F121ARent cap controlsS
(1)On or after 6 September 2022, the landlord under a private residential tenancy may not increase the rent payable under the tenancy by more than the permitted rate.
(2)For the purposes of this Chapter, the “permitted rate” is [F23%].
(3)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations substitute a different percentage for the one for the time being mentioned in subsection (2).
(4)Any rent-increase notice given on or after 6 September 2022 during a period when the permitted rate is 0% is of no effect.
(5)This section is subject to Chapter 2A.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 21A treated as inserted (temp.) (28.10.2022) by virtue of Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 1 para. 1(1)(5) (with ss. 1(2), 6, 7, 8) (as amended: (1.4.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/82, regs. 1(3), 2(2); and (27.9.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/275, regs. 1(2), 2(2))
F2Word substituted in S. 21A(2) (in so far as that provision is treated as inserted (temp.) by 2022 asp 10, sch. 1 para. 1(5)) (1.4.2023) by The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Dates and Rent Cap Modification) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/82), regs. 1(3), 4(2)