[F125A Assured tenancies: transitional provisionsS
(1)This section applies in the case where an assured tenancy to which section 24 above applies, or an agreement relating to the tenancy, provides for the payment by the tenant to the landlord of sums in respect of council tax; and
(a)the first anniversary of the date on which the rent has previously been increased (whether by agreement or by virtue of a notice under section 24(1) above or a determination under section 25) has not occurred; or
(b)a notice is served before 1st April 1993 under section 24(1) above for the purpose of securing an increase in the rent but the new rent has not yet taken effect either by virtue of the notice or a determination under section 25 above.
(2)At any time before—
(a)1st April 1994; or
(b)the first anniversary of the date when the existing rent took effect,
whichever is the earlier, the landlord may serve on the tenant a notice in the prescribed form proposing a new rent to take account of any sums payable by the tenant to the landlord in respect of council tax and specifying a date when the new rent shall take effect.
(3)The date specified in subsection (2) above shall, unless either of the conditions mentioned in subsection (4) below applies, be a date not earlier than one month after the date of service of the notice under this section.
(4)The conditions referred to in subsection (3) above are that before the date specified in the notice—
(a)the tenant by an application in the prescribed form refers the notice to a [F2private rented housing] committee; or
(b)the landlord and the tenant agree on a variation of the rent which is different from that proposed in the notice or agree that the rent should not be varied.
(5)Nothing in this section or section 25B affects the right of the landlord and tenant under an assured tenancy to vary by agreement any term of the tenancy (including a term relating to rent).
(6)No more than one notice in respect of any tenancy may be served under this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 25A inserted (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/658, art. 2, Sch. 2 para.5
F2Words in s. 25A(4) substituted (3.9.2007) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), s. 195(3), Sch. 6 para. 16(a) (with s. 193); S.S.I. 2007/270, art. 3