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(1)A landlord under an assured tenancy may make an application to the relevant rent officer to increase the rent under the tenancy by more than the permitted rate in order to recover up to 50% of the increase in any prescribed property costs that the landlord has incurred during the relevant period.
(2)An application under subsection (1) must include—
(a)evidence of an increase in any prescribed property costs of the landlord incurred during the relevant period, and
(b)a statement of—
(i)the rent under the tenancy, and
(ii)what the new rent under the tenancy would be if the proposed rent increase took effect (“the proposed rent”).
(3)The landlord must give notice in writing to the tenant under an assured tenancy of any application under subsection (1) which must include—
(a)a statement of the proposed rent,
(b)a statement that the proposed rent would be an increase to the rent under the tenancy of more than the permitted rate,
(c)a statement that the rent payable under the tenancy is not increased unless and until—
(i)the relevant rent officer makes an order determining the rent payable under the tenancy, or
(ii)if the order is appealed to the First-tier Tribunal, the Tribunal makes an order determining the rent payable under the tenancy,
(d)a description of the prescribed property costs of the landlord that have increased during the relevant period prompting the proposed rent, and
(e)where an increase mentioned in paragraph (d) includes an increase in the landlord’s service costs, details of the nature of the increase in the service costs and the amount.
(4)In this Part, “prescribed property costs”, in relation to a landlord, are—
(a)interest payable in respect of a mortgage or standard security relating to the house that is let,
(b)a premium payable in respect of insurance (other than building and contents insurance) relating to the house that is let and the offering of the house for let,
(c)service charges relating to the house that is let that are paid for by the landlord but the payment of which the tenant is responsible for (in whole or in part) in accordance with the terms of the tenancy.
(5)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the list in subsection (4) so as to amend, remove or add to the matters for the time being mentioned in the list.
(6)Regulations under subsection (5) are subject to the affirmative procedure.
(7)In this Part—
“proposed rent” has the meaning given in subsection (2)(b)(ii),
“relevant period” means the period of 6 months occurring immediately before the day on which the application is made under subsection (1).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 24A-24K 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. 2(1)(2)(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))
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