26Rent officer's duty to issue provisional orderS
(1)Before making an order under subsection (1) of section 25, a rent officer must issue a provisional order stating—
(a)the rent which the rent officer proposes to specify under that section, and
(b)the amount which the rent officer proposes to record for the purpose of subsection (3) of that section.
(2)Where a rent officer has issued a provisional order under subsection (1), the landlord or the tenant may ask the rent officer to reconsider the proposed amounts.
(3)A request under subsection (2) may not be made more than 14 days after the provisional order is issued.
(4)If a request is made under subsection (2), the rent officer must reconsider the proposed amounts prior to making an order under section 25(1).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 26 modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 1 para. 1(1)(10) (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))
Commencement Information
I1S. 26 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.