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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II (ss. 12–55) excluded by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 103, 128, 145, 335
C2Pt. II excluded (3.9.2007) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), ss. 38(4)(10), 195(3) (with s. 193); S.S.I. 2007/270, art. 3
C3Pt. II excluded (31.8.2011) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), s. 195(3), Sch. 5 para. 3(10) (with s. 193); S.S.I. 2010/159, art. 3
C4Pt. 2 excluded by 2002 c. 29, s. 269A(5) (as inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 29(5), 58(1)(6); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(l))
(1)Where a rent officer makes an order under section 24F(2) or (3) in relation to the rent under an assured tenancy, the landlord or the tenant may appeal against the order to the First-tier Tribunal.
(2)An order under section 24F(2) or (3) may not be appealed against more than 14 days after the order is made.
(3)Where an appeal is made to the First-tier Tribunal under subsection (1), the First-tier Tribunal may make an order stating that from the effective date the rent under the assured tenancy is the rent determined by the First-tier Tribunal.
(4)In determining the rent under subsection (3), the First-tier Tribunal—
(a)may not determine that the rent under the assured tenancy from the effective date is an amount that would be an increase to the existing rent under the tenancy of more than an amount representing 50% of the increase in the landlord’s prescribed property costs incurred during the relevant period as specified in the application under section 24E(1), and
(b)in any event, may not determine that the rent under the tenancy from the effective date is more than the existing rent under the tenancy as increased by [F26%].
(5)For the purpose of subsection (3), the effective date is—
(a)where the First-tier Tribunal makes its order 14 days or more before the original effective date, the original effective date,
(b)otherwise, the first payment date falling at least 14 days after the day on which the First-tier Tribunal makes its order.
(6)Making an appeal under subsection (1) renders the order under section 24F(2) or (3) that is being appealed against of no effect.
(7)In this section—
“original effective date” is the day after the expiry of the period of three months beginning with the day on which notice is given to the tenant under section 24E(3),
“payment date” means a date on which a rent payment falls to be made in accordance with the terms of the tenancy.]
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))
F2Word substituted in s. 24G(4)(b) (in so far as that provision is treated as inserted (temp.) by 2022 asp 10, sch. 1 para. 2(5)) (1.4.2023) by The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Dates and Rent Cap Modification) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/82), regs. 1(3), 3(5) (with reg. 5(2))