Expiry of The Rent Adjudication (Temporary Modification) (Scotland) Regulations 2024
We’ve received confirmation from the Scottish Government that The Rent Adjudication (Temporary Modification) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 will expire at the end of 31 March 2025.
What Does This Mean?
As a result, the rent adjudication process will revert back to existing legal requirements, which are based on market rent, from 1 April 2025.
Why Now?
To support the transition out of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection)(Scotland) Act 2022, the Scottish Government put in place temporary changes to how proposed rent increases for Private Residential Tenancies and Statutory Assured Tenancies would be determined through The Rent Adjudication (Temporary Modification) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
Time Limited
These changes were in place for 12 months and aimed at supporting the transition back to market rent following the temporary cap on rents under the Cost of Living Act.
What happens next?
Today, 7 February 2025, Scottish Ministers laid Regulations in the Scottish Parliament that introduce saving provisions to ensure that any applications for a rent adjudication that have yet to be finalised or that are being appealed, will continue to be decided on the basis of the temporary changes.
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