Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Dates and Rent Cap Modification) Regulations 2023.
(2)
Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(3)
Regulations 3, 4 and 5 come into force on 1 April 2023.
(4)
In these Regulations—
“the 1988 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,
“the 2016 Act” means the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016,
“the 2022 Act” means the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022.
(5)
In regulations 3 and 4, the references to each of the sections of the 1988 Act and the 2016 Act respectively are references to each of those sections that are to be treated as having been inserted into those Acts by virtue of paragraphs 2 and 1 respectively of schedule 1 of the 2022 Act.