The Private Residential Tenancies and Assured Tenancies (Prescribed Notices and Forms) (Temporary Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

Citation, commencement and expiry

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Private Residential Tenancies and Assured Tenancies (Prescribed Notices and Forms) (Temporary Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1 April 2023.

(2) These Regulations remain in force until the end of 30 September 2023, subject to the suspension or expiry of section 1 and schedule 1 of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”)(1) on a different date.

(3) Where section 1 and schedule 1 of the 2022 Act are suspended or expired on a date other than the 30 September 2023, these Regulations remain in force until that other date.

(1)

2022 asp 10. Section 7(1) provides that Part 1 of the 2022 Act expires at the end of 31 March 2023 and regulations under section 7(3) of the 2022 Act have been laid before the Scottish Parliament to extend the expiry date until 30 September 2023. Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, may subsequently further extend those provisions to expire on 31 March 2024. Section 6(1)(a) provides that the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, suspend any provision in Part 1. Section 8(1)(b) provides that the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, bring forward the expiry of any provision of Part 1 to an earlier time as may be specified in regulations.